Farmington was originally inhabited by the TunxisIndian tribe; in 1640, a community of English immigrants was established by residents of Hartford, making Farmington the oldest inland settlement west of the Connecticut River and the twelfth oldest communities in the state. Settlers found the area ideal because of its rich soil, location along the floodplain of the Farmington River, and valley geography.

The town and river were given their present names in 1645, which is considered the incorporation year of the town, the town's boundaries were later enlarged several times, making it the largest in the Connecticut Colony. The town was named after Farmington, in England.[3]

Farmington has been called the "mother of towns" because its vast area was divided to produce nine other central Connecticut communities, the borough of Unionville, in Farmington's northwest corner, was once home to many factories harnessing the water power of the Farmington River.

Farmington is steeped in New England history. Main Street, in the historic village section, is lined with colonial estates, some of which date back to the 17th century, during the Revolutionary War, George Washington passed through Farmington on several occasions and referred to the town as "the village of pretty houses."[4] In addition, French troops under General Rochambeau encamped in Farmington en route to Westchester County to offer crucial support to General Washington's army.

Northwest View of Farmington from Round Hill, a sketch by John Warner Barber (1798–1885) for his Historical Collections of Connecticut (published 1836), shows Barber in the picture, across the Farmington River from the town.

The majority of Farmington residents were abolitionists and were active in aiding escaped slaves. Several homes in the town were "safe houses" on the Underground Railroad, the town became known as "Grand Central Station"[5][6] among escaped slaves and their "guides".

Farmington played an important role in the famous Amistad trial. In 1841, 38 MendeAfricans and Cinqué, the leader of the revolt on the Amistadslave ship, were housed and educated in Farmington after the U.S. government refused to provide for their return to Africa following the trial. The Mende were educated in English and Christianity while funds were raised by residents for their return to Africa.

The Farmington Canal, connecting New Haven with Northampton, Massachusetts, passed through the Farmington River on its eastern bank and was in operation between 1828 and 1848. The canal's right of way and towpath were eventually used for a railroad, portions of which were active up to the 1990s. Part of the canal and railroad line has now been converted to a multi-use trail.

Farmington is home to TRUMPF Inc., the largest manufacturer of fabricating machinery in the United States and a world market leader in lasers used for industrial production technology.[citation needed] In addition, it is home to Dr. Yuriy May, a graduate of UCONN School of Dentistry and a leading cosmetic dentist in the field of biological dentistry and zirconia metal-free dental implants.

Many residents have repeatedly fought proposals by the state to widen Route 4, a main thoroughfare linking northwestern Connecticut to Interstate 84, fearing that such a move would compromise the character and integrity of the town, with the recent relocation of Parsons Chevrolet, "on that crazy corner" just above the village, there is some suspicion that this widening of Route 4 will come sooner rather than later. Work has been delayed because of the town's fight to maintain the village aesthetic and requests for modifications to the proposed plan.

Farmington faces a relatively strong demand for housing, the lure of Farmington's quality public school system, convenient location for commuters, charm, and name recognition continue to attract new home buyers. As such, town officials are faced with the task of accommodating new growth while respecting the preservation and need for open space. Farmington's real estate values are among the highest in Greater Hartford.

In January 2008, town residents overwhelmingly approved the purchase of nearly 100 acres (0.40 km2) of farmland along Route 177, just north of Tunxis Community College. This blocked a proposal to convert the farm into a residential strip, something many feared would have compromised the town's rural feel.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 28.8 square miles (74.5 km2), of which 28.0 square miles (72.6 km2) is land and 0.77 square miles (2.0 km2), or 2.65%, is water.[2]

Farmington is mostly wooded, but there are also meadows and hills in the east and southeast. There are also numerous ponds and lakes, the Farmington River runs through the town from the northwest from Burlington, enters Unionville, then takes a sharp turn near Farmington Center and flows north towards Avon. The Metacomet Ridge, a 100-mile (160 km) range of low traprock mountain ridges, occupies the east side of Farmington as Pinnacle Rock, Rattlesnake Mountain, Farmington Mountain, and Talcott Mountain. The ridge is traversed by the 51-mile-long (82 km) Metacomet Trail, a hiking trail, and contains several rock walls and chimneys suitable for technical climbing in places such as Pinnacle Rock and the Green Wall. These climbing areas, as well as several other rock climbing locations in central Connecticut, are documented in the 1995 book Hooked on Traprock.[8]

As of the census[9] of 2010, there were 25,340 people, 9,496 households, and 6,333 families residing in the town, the population density was 879.9 people per square mile (339.7/km²). There were 11,072 housing units at an average density of 351.2 per square mile (135.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 85.92% White, 2.21% African American, 0.04% Native American, 9.59% Asian, 0.49% from other races, and 2.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.98% of the population.[10]

There were 10,522 households out of which 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.7% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.7% were non-families. 29.6% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the town, the population was spread out with 22.0% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years, for every 100 females there were 90.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.3 males.

The mean income for a household in town is $133,160, and the mean income for a family is $159,834[11]). Males had a median income of $80,182 versus $61,098 for females, the per capita income for the town was $54,754. About 3.1% of families and 5.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.9% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.

Farmington is home to a significant and growing number of corporations. Carvel, ConnectiCare, Farmington Bank, Farmington Displays and Horizon Technology Finance all maintain their corporate headquarters in Farmington. United Technologies has significant operations in town as its subsidiaries Carrier Corporation, Otis Elevator and UTC Fire & Security are headquartered in town. Other prominent employers include the American Red Cross, Bank of America, McKesson, Farmington Sports Arena, Stanley Black & Decker and TRUMPF Inc.

The Jackson Laboratory of Bar Harbor, Maine, is building a new facility on the grounds of the University of Connecticut Health Center, which specializes in the research and development of genomic medicine. The project is part of BioScience Connecticut, an initiative designed to launch Connecticut into the forefront of biomedical research.

Farmington is unique in that more people work within the town lines than actually live there, a characteristic atypical of a traditional suburb.

Students in Farmington have access to public schools that consistently rank among the best[which?] in the nation. The town has seven main public schools, the four K-4 elementary schools are Union School, West District School, Noah Wallace School, and East Farms School. The recently built West Woods Upper Elementary School houses all of grades 5-6 and features state of the art facilities. Irving A. Robbins Middle School houses grades 7-8. Farmington High School serves grades 9-12 for the entire town. In 2005, Farmington High School was ranked 125 on Newsweek Magazine's list of the best schools in the United States,[13] in 2006 Farmington was ranked 269[14] and in 2007, 298.[15]

Tim Abromaitis, former Notre Dame Basketball star, twice named a first team Academic All-American, the first player to be named Big East Conference Scholar-athlete of the Year three times. Currently playing basketball professionally for Basketball Löwen Braunschweig in Germany.[16]

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New England town
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The New England town is the basic unit of local government and local division of state authority in each of the six New England states. Without a direct counterpart in most other U. S, New England towns are often governed by a town meeting legislative body. County government in New England states is typically weak at best, Connecticut, for example, has no county governments, nor does Rhode Island. Both of those states retain counties only as geographic subdivisions with no governmental authority, with few exceptions, counties serve mostly as dividing lines for the states judicial systems. Towns are laid out so that all land within the boundaries of a state is allocated to a town or other corporate municipality. Except in some sparsely populated areas of the three northern New England states, all land is incorporated into the bounds of a municipal corporations territory. Towns are municipal corporations, with their powers defined by a combination of municipal charter, state statutes. In most of New England, the laws regarding their authority have historically been very broadly construed. In practice, most New England towns have significant autonomy in managing their own affairs, New Hampshire and Vermont follow Dillons Rule, which holds that local governments are largely creatures of the state. Traditionally, a legislative body is the open town meeting. Only several Swiss cantons with Landsgemeinde remain as democratic as the small New England town meetings, a town almost always contains a built-up populated place with the same name as the town. Additional built-up places with different names are found within towns, along with a mixture of additional urban. There is no territory that is not part of a town between each town, leaving one town means entering another town or other municipality, in most parts of New England, towns are irregular in shape and size and are not laid out on a grid. The town center contains a town common, often used today as a small park. In Connecticut, Rhode Island and most of Massachusetts, county government has been completely abolished, in other areas, some counties provide judicial and other limited administrative services. In many cases, the numbers on rural roads in New England reset to zero upon crossing a town line. Residents usually identify with their town for purposes of identity, thinking of the town in its entirety as a single. There are some cases where residents identify more strongly with villages or sections of a town than with the town itself, particularly in Rhode Island, more than 90% of the municipalities in the six New England states are towns

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Massachusetts town line sign, indicating the name of the town, the date of its establishment, and the seal of the state.
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Town hall of Plymouth, New Hampshire

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Hartford County, Connecticut
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Hartford County is a county located in the north central part of the U. S. state of Connecticut. As of the 2010 census, the population was 894,014, Hartford County is included in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area. In Connecticut there is no executive or legislative government, the counties determine probate, civil and criminal court boundaries. Each city or town is responsible for services such as schools, snow removal, sewers, fire department. In Connecticut, cities and towns may agree to provide services or establish a regional school system. Hartford County was one of four counties in Connecticut established on May 10,1666. And it is ordered that the County Court shalbe kept at Hartford on the 1st Thursday in March, as established in 1666, Hartford County consisted of the towns of Windsor, Wethersfield, Hartford, Farmington, and Middletown. The Thirty Miles Island referred to in the constituting Act was incorporated as the town of Haddam in 1668, in 1670, the town of Simsbury was established, extending Hartford County to the Massachusetts border. In 1714, all of the territory north of the towns of Coventry. Windham County was constituted in 1726, resulting in Hartford County losing the towns of Windham, Coventry, Mansfield, northwestern Connecticut, which was originally placed under the jurisdiction of New Haven County in 1722, was transferred to Hartford County by 1738. All of northwestern Connecticut was later constituted as the new Litchfield County in 1751, in 1785, two more counties were established in what was now the U. S. state of Connecticut, Tolland and Middlesex. This mostly resulted in the extent of Hartford County. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the establishment of several more towns resulted in minor adjustments in the bounds of the county, the final adjustment resulting in the modern limits occurred on May 8,1806, when the town of Canton was established. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 751 square miles. It is the second-largest county in Connecticut by land area, the county is divided into two unequal parts by the Connecticut River, and watered by Farmington, Mill, Podunk, Scantic, and other rivers. The surface is very diverse, part of the valleys are alluvial and subject to flooding, while other portions of the county are hilly. The population density was 1,166 people per square mile, there were 353,022 housing units at an average density of 480 per square mile. 11. 55% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,15. 2% were of Italian,11. 2% Irish,9. 1% Polish,6. 5% English,5. 7% French and 5. 3% German ancestry

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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci

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New England city and town area
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A New England city and town area is a geographic and statistical entity defined by the U. S. federal government for use in the six-state New England region of the United States. NECTAs are classified as metropolitan or micropolitan NECTAs. A micropolitan NECTA has a core with a population of at least 10,000 but less than 50,000. In New England, towns are a more important level of government than counties. Because towns are smaller than counties, a NECTA usually provides a closer approximation to the real metropolitan area than a metropolitan statistical area does. Large NECTAs may be subdivided into smaller groupings known as NECTA Divisions, adjacent NECTAs that have a high degree of employment interchange may also be combined to form Combined NECTAS. NECTAs that are part of a CNECTA retain their separate identities, the following is a list of metropolitan and micropolitan NECTAs as defined by the Office of Management and Budget. Definitions are as of February 2013

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UTC-5
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UTC−05,00 is a time offset that subtracts five hours from Coordinated Universal Time. In North America, it is observed in the Eastern Time Zone during standard time, the western Caribbean uses it year round. The southwestern and northwestern portions of Indiana Mexico – Central Zone Central, in most of Mexico, daylight time starts a few weeks after the United States. Communities on the U. S. border that observe Central Time follow the U. S. daylight time schedule

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2010 United States Census
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The 2010 United States Census, is the twenty-third and currently most recent United States national census. National Census Day, the day used for the census, was April 1,2010. As part of a drive to increase the accuracy,635,000 temporary enumerators were hired. The population of the United States was counted as 308,745,538, as required by the United States Constitution, the U. S. census has been conducted every 10 years since 1790. The 2000 U. S. Census was the previous census completed, participation in the U. S. Census is required by law in Title 13 of the United States Code. On January 25,2010, Census Bureau Director Robert Groves personally inaugurated the 2010 Census enumeration by counting World War II veteran Clifton Jackson, more than 120 million census forms were delivered by the U. S. Post Office beginning March 15,2010, the number of forms mailed out or hand-delivered by the Census Bureau was approximately 134 million on April 1,2010. The 2010 Census national mail participation rate was 74%, from April through July 2010, census takers visited households that did not return a form, an operation called non-response follow-up. In December 2010, the Census Bureau delivered population information to the president for apportionment, personally identifiable information will be available in 2082. The Census Bureau did not use a form for the 2010 Census. In several previous censuses, one in six households received this long form, the 2010 Census used only a short form asking ten basic questions, How many people were living or staying in this house, apartment, or mobile home on April 1,2010. Were there any additional people staying here on April 1,2010 that you did not include in Question 1, mark all that apply, Is this house, apartment, or mobile home – What is your telephone number. What is Person 1s age and Person 1s date of birth, is Person 1 of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin. Does Person 1 sometimes live or stay somewhere else, the form included space to repeat some or all of these questions for up to twelve residents total. In contrast to the 2000 census, an Internet response option was not offered, detailed socioeconomic information collected during past censuses will continue to be collected through the American Community Survey. The survey provides data about communities in the United States on a 1-year or 3-year cycle, depending on the size of the community, rather than once every 10 years. A small percentage of the population on a basis will receive the survey each year. In June 2009, the U. S. Census Bureau announced that it would count same-sex married couples, however, the final form did not contain a separate same-sex married couple option

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Otis Elevator Company
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The Otis Elevator Company is an American company that develops, manufactures and markets elevators, escalators, moving walkways and related equipment. A pioneer in its field, Otis is the worlds largest manufacturer of vertical transportation systems, principally focusing on elevators, moving walkways and escalators. The company pioneered the development of the safety elevator, invented by Otis in 1852, in 1852 Elisha Otis invented the safety elevator, which automatically comes to a halt if the hoisting rope breaks. After a demonstration at the 1854 New York Worlds Fair the elevator industry was on its way, Otis was founded in Yonkers, New York in 1853 by Elisha Otis. It was acquired by United Technologies in 1976 and is an owned subsidiary. Otis has more than 64,000 employees, with 2014 revenue of US$13.0 billion, the company headquarters are located in Farmington, Connecticut. Otis has also dabbled in horizontal automated people-mover shuttle systems, such as the Otis Hovair, in 1996, Otis formed a joint venture called Poma-Otis Transportation Systems with the French company Pomagalski to promote these products, however the partnership has since ended. Otis Elevator Company purchased Evans Lifts in the UK when Evans Lifts Ltd went bankrupt in 1997 during its merge with Express Lift Company with the name ExpressEvans and it was the oldest and largest manufacturer of lift equipment in the UK and was based in Leicester, England. Otis Customer Care Centre is still based in the old Evans Lifts building in Leicester, the building has since been extended by Otis. There are still some installations of Evans Lifts being used today, very few lifts which are made by Otis themselves are branded as Evans. Notably, an original Evans Lift is still in the Silver Arcade in Leicester and it formerly transported people to the upper floors, but the upper floors are no longer occupied so the lift is no longer used. Elisha Graves Otis and Susan A. Houghton, circa 1853 William Delavan Baldwin, to 1964 Fayette S. Dunn,1964 to. Competitors ThyssenKrupp, Schindler Group, Kone and Mitsubishi Elevator Europe were also fined similar amounts in the same cartel, in October 2013, Otis won its biggest ever contract, it will supply 670 elevators and escalators to the Hyderabad Metro. Its second biggest contract was in 2012, to supply 349 elevators for the Hangzhou metro, Otis opened a factory in Bloomington, Indiana in 1965. During the 1990s they moved some manufacturing operations from Bloomington to Nogales, in 2012 and 2013, Bloomington and Nogales manufacturing operations were consolidated in Florence, SC. They still use some office space at the Bloomington site, Otis had a factory in Yonkers, New York. It was closed in 1983 and is now a Kawasaki rail car assembly plant, Otis had a large factory in Harrison, New Jersey. In 1999, Otis acquired CemcoLift, Inc, located in Hatfield, the operation was later closed in October 2012, with the remaining business being sold to Minnesota Elevator Inc

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Otis elevator in Glasgow, Scotland, imported from the U.S. in 1856 for Gardner's Warehouse, the oldest cast-iron fronted building in the British Isles.
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Elisha Graves Otis
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Headquarters in Farmington, Connecticut

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Carvel (restaurant)
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Carvel is an ice cream franchise owned by Focus Brands. Carvel is best known for their soft serve ice cream and ice cream cakes and it also sells a variety of novelty ice cream bars and ice cream sandwiches. Carvel was founded and run by Tom Carvel for its first 60 years, in 1929, Carvel borrowed $15 from his future wife Agnes and used it to build and begin operating an ice cream truck. Over Memorial Day weekend of 1934, Carvels truck suffered a tire in Hartsdale, New York, and Carvel started selling his custard at the site of the breakdown. Within two days Carvel had sold his stock, much of it partly melted, and realized that both a fixed location and soft frozen desserts were potentially good business ideas. In his first year there, he grossed over $3,500, by 1937 he had a custard stand at the Hartsdale site, with a freezer which allowed him to make his own frozen custard. By 1939, gross was over $6,000, the original Hartsdale store was closed on Sunday, October 5,2008. In the early 1940s, Tom Carvel traveled, selling custard at carnivals, during World War II he ran the ice cream stands at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, gaining additional expertise in refrigeration technology. He soon invented and patented his own freezer, the Custard King, Carvel decided that the best way to correct the situation was to participate in running the operations of his freezer customers, he later claimed this led him to develop the concept of franchising. The mainstays of Carvels line of ice cream cakes were 7,8,9,10 and 12 rounds, 10x14 and 12x17 sheet cakes, and the Carvelog, patricks Day, and Santa Claus or a Snow Man for Christmas. Their primary differences from products available year-round were the designs on the icing, Carvel introduced the Lil Love ice cream cake on March 30,1998. A mother presents the new cake to celebrate, all ads carry the tag line Surprise someone special tonight. In 1949, Carvel began franchising under the name Carvel Dairy Freeze, by the early 1950s, the company had 25 stores. New franchisees undertook an 18-day training program at the Carvel College of Ice Cream Knowledge, in addition Carvel provided building plans for franchises, which were initially stand-alone glass fronted stores. In 1955, Tom Carvel began to record his own radio commercials, an unsubstantiated anecdote relates that he was driving in New York City, and heard a commercial for a new Carvels store which did not mention the new stores location. Convinced he could do better, he drove to the radio station, Carvels commercials stood out and raised brand awareness primarily through their lack of sophistication. Carvel had a distinctive voice, lacking the slick sound of most professional voice-over artists. His wording was conversational, with commercials frequently ending with the words Thank You, television commercials, aired primarily in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, began in 1971

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Southington, Connecticut
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Southington is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, it had a population of 43,069, Southington contains the villages of Marion, Milldale, and Plantsville. Much of the town is visible from Castle Craig, a landmark within Hubbard Park, Southington is situated about 20 miles southwest of Hartford, about 80 miles northeast of New York City,105 miles southwest of Boston and 77 miles west of Providence. It includes the areas of Plantsville, Marion and Milldale, each of which has its own post office, the town rests in a valley of two mountains on its east and west sides. The town is located along exits 28 through 32 of Interstate 84, exit 4 of Interstate 691, Southington has the nickname of The Apple Valley, due to the many orchards that still dot its landscape. The Quinnipiac River flows through the town and it is home to Mount Southington ski area, which has drawn visitors since the 1960s. Southington is located at geographical coordinates 41° 35′48 North, 72° 52′40 West. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 36.6 square miles, of which 35.9 square miles are land and 0.73 square miles. The Metacomet Ridge, a trap rock mountain ridge that extends from Long Island Sound to the Massachusetts/Vermont border. Notable peaks along the ridge form the edge of town, Bradley Mountain, Ragged Mountain, Short Mountain. The ridge is traversed by the 51-mile-long Metacomet Trail, Soltys Pond is also a well-known body of water to Southington locals. It was surveyed by Alexander Soltys in 1713 and was added to maps within the next year, Southingtons west ridge is home to an extremely rare geological formation called the Great Unconformity. Although Southington was formally established as a town in 1779, its roots go back to an earlier time. Samuel Woodruff, Southingtons first white settler, moved from Farmington to the then known as Panthorne that was settled in 1698. The settlement grew, prospered, and came to be known as South Farmington and then later, the towns most important early visitor was General George Washington, who passed through the town in 1770 on his way to Wethersfield. The Marion section of Southington is one of the most historic places in the town and it is the site of an encampment by the great French general, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, and his troops during the American Revolutionary War. They camped there for four days, Rochambeau and his officers took shelter in the tavern, and the troops set up camp on a hill on the other side of the road. The area of the encampment has since known as French Hill

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Bristol, Connecticut
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Bristol is a suburban city located in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States,20 miles southwest of Hartford. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 60,477, Bristol is primarily known as the home of ESPN, whose central studios are in the city. Bristol is also home to Lake Compounce, Americas oldest functioning theme park, Bristol was known as a clock-making city in the 19th century, and is home to the American Clock & Watch Museum. In 2010, Bristol was ranked 84th on Money Magazines Best Places to Live, in 2013, Hartford Magazine ranked Bristol as Greater Hartfords top municipality in the Best Bang for the Buck category. Bristol is about 20 miles west of Hartford,120 miles southwest from Boston, and approximately 100 miles northeast of New York City. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 26.8 square miles, of which 26.4 square miles is land and 0.39 square miles. The city contains several sections, including Chippens Hill in the northwestern quarter of Bristol, Edgewood in the northeastern quarter, and Forestville. The majority of Bristols cityscape is residential in character, though since 2008 there has been a push for development in the city. Forestville was the grounds of the Tunxis tribe until the 19th century. The village was established in 1833 and named Forestville for its wooded surroundings, Forestville today has grown into a mini-metropolis of suburban neighborhoods and local businesses. Within the Forestville area, there are two known as East Bristol and the Stafford District. At one time all of Forestville had its own zip code, as of the 2010 census, there were 60,477 people,25,189 households, and 16,175 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,265.8 inhabitants per square mile, there were 26,125 housing units at an average density of 985.6 per square mile. 28. 9% of all households were made up of individuals, the average household size was 2.38, and the average family size was 2.94. The age diversity at the 2000 census was 23. 2% under the age of 18,7. 2% from 18 to 24,32. 5% from 25 to 44,22. 2% from 45 to 64, the median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 93.6 males, for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males. The median income for a household in the city in 2010 was $57,610, the per capita income for the city was $30,573. 10. 5% of the population was living below the poverty line, out of the total population,8. 7% of those under the age of 18 and 5. 9% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line

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Burlington, Connecticut
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Burlington is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. Situated at the foot of the Berkshires and bordering the Farmington River, Burlington is a hill town, rural in nature. Incorporated in 1806, the population was 9,326 at the 2010 census, Burlington is home to the State of Connecticut Fish Hatchery and the Nepaug Reservoir. Almost half of the land in the town is owned by three public water companies and the State of Connecticut. The town was part of larger Farmington Plantation. In 1785, it split away and was part of Bristol from 1785 until 1806 when Burlington became separate. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 30.4 square miles, of which 29.7 square miles is land and 0.66 square miles. As of the census of 2010, there were 9,326 people,3,303 households, and 2,691 families residing in the town. The racial makeup of the town was 96. 5% White,0. 6% African American,0. 0% Native American,1. 5% Asian,0. 0% Pacific Islander,0. 5% from other races, and 0. 9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 2. 6% of the population,18. 5% of all households were made up of individuals and 5. 5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the family size was 3.13. The median age was 42.5 years, economic figures for the town include a median income for a household at $105,250, and the median income for a family at $114,544. About 2. 3% of families have incomes under $15, 000/year and 11. 9% of families have incomes over $200, regional School District #10 serves the Connecticut towns of Burlington and Harwinton and was established in 1962. The four schools of the district, Lewis S. Mills High School, Har-Bur Middle School, Lake Garda School, Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery dates back to the late 18th century. It was used as a ground for members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. The cemetery has mistakenly been referred to as Burlington Center Cemetery but it is known by locals as Green Lady Cemetery, whigville is a village in the southern section of Burlington known for flat, expansive fields and the Grange Hall. Eric Bradley, actor and singer, graduated from Lewis S

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Avon, Connecticut
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Avon is an affluent town in the Farmington Valley region of Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. As of 2010, the town had a population of 18,098, Avon is a suburb of Hartford. Avon Old Farms School, a boarding school, is located there. In 2005, Avon was named the third-safest town in America by Money Magazine and it is home to the Pine Grove School House, which was built in 1865 and remains open today as a museum. Avon is home to Avon High School as well as two schools, Pine Grove Elementary and Roaring Brook Elementary, an intermediate school Thompson Brook. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 23.5 square miles. The East side of Avon is flanked by Talcott Mountain, part of the Metacomet Ridge, Talcott Mountain is a popular outdoor recreation resource notable for its towering western cliff faces. The 51-mile Metacomet Trail traverses the Talcott Mountain ridge, Avon was settled in 1645 and was originally a part of Farmington. In 1750, the parish of Northington was established in the part of Farmington. Its first pastor was Ebenezer Booge, a graduate of Yale Divinity School who arrived in 1751, the Farmington Canal’s opening in 1828 brought new business to the village, which sat where the canal intersected the Talcott Mountain Turnpike linking Hartford to Albany, New York. Hopes of industrial and commercial growth spurred Avon to incorporate, in 1830, the Connecticut General Assembly incorporated Northington as the town of Avon, after County Avon in England. Such expansion never came and, in the 1900s, the town became a suburban enclave. In the 1960s Avon rejected the proposal for Interstate 291 coming through the edge of the town. One of the worst traffic accidents in Connecticut history occurred at the intersection of Route 44, on July 29,2005, the driver of a dump truck lost control of his brakes and swerved to avoid traffic waiting in his lane at the stoplight. On the eastbound side of the road, the truck then collided with rush hour traffic waiting at the light, four people, including the driver of the truck, died in the crash. Former Governor M. Jodi Rell proposed safety improvements for this road in the aftermath of the accident, in September 2007, the driver of another truck lost control. The truck, traveling westbound on U. S. Route 44 at Route 10, crashed into the Nassau Furniture building at about 11 am, no major injuries resulted from the crash. The accidents and the reconstruction of the road have been covered by local media including the Hartford Courant

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New Britain, Connecticut
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New Britain is a city in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It is located approximately 9 miles southwest of Hartford, according to 2010 Census, the population of the city is 73,206. The citys official nickname is the Hardware City because of its history as a manufacturing center, because of its large Polish population, the city is often playfully referred to as New Britski. New Britain was settled in 1687 and then was incorporated as a new parish under the name New Britain Society in 1754, chartered in 1850 as a township and in 1871 as a city, New Britain had separated from the nearby town of Farmington, Connecticut. A consolidation charter was adopted in 1905, during the early part of the 20th century, New Britain was known as the Hardware Capital of the World, as well as Hardware City. Major manufacturers, such as The Stanley Works, the P&F Corbin Company, in 1843 Frederick Trent Stanley established Stanleys Bolt Manufactory in New Britain to make door bolts and other wrought-iron hardware. In 1857 his cousin Henry Stanley founded The Stanley Rule and Level Company in the city, the two companies merged in 1920, and the Stanley Rule and Level Company became the Hand Tools Division of Stanley Works. The wire coat hanger was invented in 1869 by O. A, in 1895, the basketball technique of dribbling was developed at the New Britain YMCA. In 1938, New Britain High School competed in the school football national championship game in Baton Rouge. 1954 saw the development of racquetball, also at the YMCA, New Britains motto, Industria implet alveare et melle fruitur – translated from Latin – means Industry fills the hive and enjoys the honey. This phrase was coined by Elihu Burritt, a 19th-century New Britain resident, diplomat, philanthropist and social activist. In 2007 it was reported that the Latin word for honey in the motto had been a typo for decades, it should be melle, but it had long been misspelled as mele. Former mayor William McNamara, who tried to fix it during his term. As controversy arose from the matter, the word was superseded with the correct spelling, melle. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 13.4 square miles. New Britains terrain is made up of soft, rolling hills. The many parks are populated with trees, and in small, undeveloped areas, New Britains streets also have many trees lining the sides of the roads. Many front yards in the half of the city have at least one tree

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Looking north from Walnut Hill Park
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Postcard: West Main Street, pre-1907.
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Grand Street after the mid-March Great Blizzard of 1888

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Plainville, Connecticut
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Plainville is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 17,716 at the 2010 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 25.3 square kilometres, of which 9.7 square miles is land and 0.077 square miles. The east side of the town is bordered by two prominent peaks of the Metacomet Ridge, Pinnacle Rock and Bradley Mountain, the 51-mile Metacomet Trail traverses those peaks. As of the census of 2000, there were 17,328 people,7,385 households, the population density was 1,776.0 people per square mile. There were 7,707 housing units at a density of 789.9 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 93. 52% White,2. 25% African American,0. 17% Native American,1. 67% Asian,0. 01% Pacific Islander,1. 19% from other races, and 1. 19% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3. 57% of the population,31. 5% of all households were made up of individuals and 10. 4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the family size was 2.93. In the town, the population was out with 21. 2% under the age of 18,6. 7% from 18 to 24,32. 0% from 25 to 44,24. 8% from 45 to 64. The median age was 40 years, for every 100 females there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.1 males, the median income for a household in the town was $48,136, and the median income for a family was $60,586. Males had an income of $41,541 versus $31,281 for females. The per capita income for the town was $23,257, about 4. 2% of families and 5. 1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4. 2% of those under age 18 and 5. 5% of those age 65 or over. Plainville holds an annual Hot Air Balloon Festival at the end of August at Norton Park, gathering many of the townspeople together for fun-filled nights of games, music, the event is sponsored by the Plainville Fire Company. However this did not pass, and the continues to operate annually. Plainville has also been something of a transportation hub. In the nineteenth century, Plainville was served by the Farmington Canal and it also sits on the intersection of two rail lines, one running north from New Haven and the other running east-west between Waterbury and Berlin

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Farmington River
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The Farmington River is a river,46.7 miles in length along its main stem, which is located in northwest Connecticut with major tributaries extending into southwest Massachusetts. The Farmington Rivers watershed covers 609 square miles, the river historically played an important role in small-scale manufacturing in towns along its course, but it is now mainly used for recreation and drinking water. The Farmington River Watershed Association is an organization for conservation and preservation of this river. The West Branch rises at the outlet of Hayden Pond in Otis, in 1994, a 14-mile stretch of the branch was designated a National Wild and Scenic River. The East Branch begins in Hartland, Connecticut at the confluence of Pond, Hubbard, the East Branch and West Branch join in New Hartford, Connecticut just about one mile south of Lake McDonough. One of these, the so-called Upper Farmington section of the West Branch in New Boston and it is Class 2 through farm and woods scenery to an iron bridge, where kayak and canoe slalom races are held. Below the bridge the river becomes Class 3-4, very technical at low water, the biggest of these is about four feet at Decoration Rock. Below, the river continues fast and technical with many rocks, the river is continuously rapid, leading through larger drops at Battering Ram rapid and Corkscrew. Eventually it flattens to Class 2 until a final, ledge rapid at Bears Den, just above the reservoir. The Upper Farmington is barely runnable during fall dam releases, and is a better run at levels of about 600 cubic feet per second. A second whitewater section is found in Tariffville, Connecticut, one mile of technical Class 3 water which is all year round. The river is normally paddled at levels between 1.5 and 2.75 feet on the gauge, above 2.5 feet it becomes significantly heavier. This section includes the famous T-ville Hole, where kayakers can practice hole surfing, below the Hole is a broken dam, where the river funnels through an abrupt four foot drop into a large wave. This area is popular with swimmers in summer, and it is due to heavy currents. There have been at least three fatal drownings in the Tariffville Gorge section, primarily people who were not properly prepared or trained for the heavy rapids and pinning obstacles in the gorge. Paddlers without helmets, lifejackets and Class 3 whitewater skills should end downriver trips at Tariffville Park, entrance to the park is free. A service will also pick tubers up and drop them off at certain points, the west branch of the river includes two hydroelectric dams in West Hartland and Colebrook, run by Connecticuts Metropolitan District Commission. The largest dam on the east branch is the Saville Dam, the Rainbow Dam, a 68-foot dam with a hydroelectric generator and a fish ladder, dams the river at Windsor, a few miles before the river flows into the Connecticut River

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Farmington River and environs
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Tariffville Gorge Dam
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Looking down the river to where the broken part of the dam lays
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George Washington
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George Washington was an American politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and he is popularly considered the driving force behind the nations establishment and came to be known as the father of the country, both during his lifetime and to this day. Washington was widely admired for his leadership qualities and was unanimously elected president by the Electoral College in the first two national elections. Washingtons incumbency established many precedents still in use today, such as the system, the inaugural address. His retirement from office two terms established a tradition that lasted until 1940 when Franklin Delano Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term. The 22nd Amendment now limits the president to two elected terms and he was born into the provincial gentry of Colonial Virginia to a family of wealthy planters who owned tobacco plantations and slaves, which he inherited. In his youth, he became an officer in the colonial militia during the first stages of the French. In 1775, the Second Continental Congress commissioned him as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolution, in that command, Washington forced the British out of Boston in 1776 but was defeated and nearly captured later that year when he lost New York City. After crossing the Delaware River in the middle of winter, he defeated the British in two battles, retook New Jersey, and restored momentum to the Patriot cause and his strategy enabled Continental forces to capture two major British armies at Saratoga in 1777 and Yorktown in 1781. In battle, however, Washington was repeatedly outmaneuvered by British generals with larger armies, after victory had been finalized in 1783, Washington resigned as commander-in-chief rather than seize power, proving his opposition to dictatorship and his commitment to American republicanism. Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention in 1787, which devised a new form of government for the United States. Following his election as president in 1789, he worked to unify rival factions in the fledgling nation and he supported Alexander Hamiltons programs to satisfy all debts, federal and state, established a permanent seat of government, implemented an effective tax system, and created a national bank. In avoiding war with Great Britain, he guaranteed a decade of peace and profitable trade by securing the Jay Treaty in 1795 and he remained non-partisan, never joining the Federalist Party, although he largely supported its policies. Washingtons Farewell Address was a primer on civic virtue, warning against partisanship, sectionalism. He retired from the presidency in 1797, returning to his home, upon his death, Washington was eulogized as first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen by Representative Henry Lee III of Virginia. He was revered in life and in death, scholarly and public polling consistently ranks him among the top three presidents in American history and he has been depicted and remembered in monuments, public works, currency, and other dedications to the present day. He was born on February 11,1731, according to the Julian calendar, the Gregorian calendar was adopted within the British Empire in 1752, and it renders a birth date of February 22,1732. Washington was of primarily English gentry descent, especially from Sulgrave and his great-grandfather John Washington emigrated to Virginia in 1656 and began accumulating land and slaves, as did his son Lawrence and his grandson, Georges father Augustine

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George Washington by Gilbert Stuart, 1797
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Washington's birthplace
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Washington's map, accompanying his Journal to the Ohio (1753–1754)
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A mezzotint of Martha Washington, based on a 1757 portrait by Wollaston

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Slavery in the United States
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Slavery had been practiced in British North America from early colonial days, and was legal in all Thirteen Colonies at the time of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. By the time of the American Revolution, the status of slave had been institutionalized as a racial caste associated with African ancestry, when the United States Constitution was ratified, a relatively small number of free people of color were among the voting citizens. During and immediately following the Revolutionary War, abolitionist laws were passed in most Northern states, most of these states had a higher proportion of free labor than in the South and economies based on different industries. They abolished slavery by the end of the 18th century, some with gradual systems that kept adults as slaves for two decades. But the rapid expansion of the industry in the Deep South after the invention of the cotton gin greatly increased demand for slave labor. Congress during the Jefferson administration prohibited the importation of slaves, effective in 1808, domestic slave trading, however, continued at a rapid pace, driven by labor demands from the development of cotton plantations in the Deep South. More than one million slaves were sold from the Upper South, which had a surplus of labor, New communities of African-American culture were developed in the Deep South, and the total slave population in the South eventually reached 4 million before liberation. As the West was developed for settlement, the Southern state governments wanted to keep a balance between the number of slave and free states to maintain a balance of power in Congress. The new territories acquired from Britain, France, and Mexico were the subject of major political compromises, by 1850, the newly rich cotton-growing South was threatening to secede from the Union, and tensions continued to rise. When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 election on a platform of halting the expansion of slavery, the first six states to secede held the greatest number of slaves in the South. Shortly after, the Civil War began when Confederate forces attacked the US Armys Fort Sumter, four additional slave states then seceded. In the early years of the Chesapeake Bay settlements, colonial officials found it difficult to attract and retain laborers under the frontier conditions. Most laborers came from Britain as indentured servants, having signed contracts of indenture to pay with work for their passage, their upkeep and training and these indentured servants were young people who intended to become permanent residents. In some cases, convicted criminals were transported to the colonies as indentured servants, the indentured servants were not slaves, but were required to work for four to seven years in Virginia to pay the cost of their passage and maintenance. Historians estimate that more than half of all immigrants to the English colonies of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries came as indentured servants. The number of indentured servants among immigrants was particularly high in the South, many Germans, Scots-Irish, and Irish came to the colonies in the 18th century, settling in the backcountry of Pennsylvania and further south. The planters in the South found that the problem with indentured servants was that many left after several years, just when they had become skilled. In addition, an economy in England in the late 17th

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Slave auction block, Green Hill Plantation, Campbell County, Virginia, Historic American Buildings Survey
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An animation showing when United States territories and states forbade or allowed slavery, 1789–1861.
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Slaves processing tobacco in 17th-century Virginia
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Slaves on a South Carolina plantation (The Old Plantation, c. 1790)

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Underground Railroad
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The term is also applied to the abolitionists, both black and white, free and enslaved, who aided the fugitives. Various other routes led to Mexico or overseas, an earlier escape route running south toward Florida, then a Spanish possession, existed from the late 17th century until shortly after the American Revolution. However, the now generally known as the Underground Railroad was formed in the late 1700s. One estimate suggests that by 1850,100,000 slaves had escaped via the Railroad, British North America, where slavery was prohibited, was a popular destination, as its long border gave many points of access. Most former slaves settled in Ontario, more than 30,000 people were said to have escaped there via the network during its 20-year peak period, although U. S. Census figures account for only 6,000. Numerous fugitives stories are documented in the 1872 book The Underground Railroad Records by William Still, the resulting economic impact was minuscule, but the psychological influence on slaveholders was immense. With heavy lobbying by Southern politicians, the Compromise of 1850 was passed by Congress after the Mexican–American War, because the law required sparse documentation to claim a person was a fugitive, slave catchers also kidnapped free blacks, especially children, and sold them into slavery. Southern politicians often exaggerated the number of escaped slaves and often blamed escapes on Northerners interfering with Southern property rights. The law deprived suspected slaves of the right to themselves in court. In a de facto bribe, judges were paid a fee for a decision that confirmed a suspect as a slave than for one ruling that the suspect was free. Many Northerners who might have ignored slave issues in the South were confronted by local challenges that bound them to support slavery. This was a primary grievance cited by the Union during the American Civil War, the escape network was not literally underground nor a railroad. It was figuratively underground in the sense of being an underground resistance and it was known as a railroad by way of the use of rail terminology in the code. The Underground Railroad consisted of meeting points, secret routes, transportation, and safe houses, escaped slaves would move north along the route from one way station to the next. Conductors on the railroad came from various backgrounds and included blacks, white abolitionists, former slaves. Without the presence and support of black residents, there would have been almost no chance for fugitive slaves to pass into freedom unmolested. To reduce the risk of infiltration, many associated with the Underground Railroad knew only their part of the operation. Conductors led or transported the fugitives from station to station, a conductor sometimes pretended to be a slave in order to enter a plantation

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Slave ship
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Slave ships were large cargo ships specially converted for the purpose of transporting slaves. Only a few decades after the arrival of Europeans to America, the peak time of slave ships to the Atlantic passage was between the 18th and early-19th centuries, when large plantations developed in the colonies of America. In order to profit, the owners of the ships divided their hulls into holds with little headroom. Unhygienic conditions, dehydration, dysentery and scurvy led to a mortality rate, on average 15%. Often the ships, also known as Guineamen, transported hundreds of slaves, for example, the slave ship Henrietta Marie carried about 200 slaves on the long Middle Passage. They were confined to cargo holds with each slave chained with little room to move, the most significant routes of the slave ships led from the north-western and western coasts of Africa to South America and the south-east coast of what is today the United States, and the Caribbean. As many as 20 million Africans were transported by ship, the transportation of slaves from Africa to America was known as the Middle Passage. These people also were not treated as human, living like animals throughout their voyage to the New World. The enslaved were naked and shackled together with different types of chains. They spent a portion of time pinned to floorboards which would wear skin on their elbows down to the bone. Firsthand accounts from former slaves, such as Olaudah Equiano, describe the conditions that enslaved people were forced to endure. The Slave Trade Act 1788 regulated conditions on board British slave ships for the first time and it was introduced to the United Kingdom parliament by Sir William Dolben, an advocate for the abolition of slavery. For the first time, limits were placed on the number of enslaved people that could be carried. Under the terms of the act, ships could transport 1.67 slaves per ton up to a maximum of 207 tons burthen, the well-known slave ship Brookes was limited to carrying 454 people, it had previously transported as many as 609 enslaved. This limited reduction in the overcrowding on slave ships may have reduced the death rate. In the eighteenth and early centuries, the sailors on slave ships were often badly paid. Furthermore, a mortality rate of around 20% was expected during a voyage, with sailors dying as a result of disease. While conditions for the crew were vastly better than those of the people, they remained harsh

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Christianity
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Christianity is a Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, who serves as the focal point for the religion. It is the worlds largest religion, with over 2.4 billion followers, or 33% of the global population, Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming as the Messiah was prophesied in the Old Testament. Christian theology is summarized in creeds such as the Apostles Creed and his incarnation, earthly ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection are often referred to as the gospel, meaning good news. The term gospel also refers to accounts of Jesuss life and teaching, four of which—Matthew, Mark, Luke. Christianity is an Abrahamic religion that began as a Second Temple Judaic sect in the mid-1st century, following the Age of Discovery, Christianity spread to the Americas, Australasia, sub-Saharan Africa, and the rest of the world through missionary work and colonization. Christianity has played a prominent role in the shaping of Western civilization, throughout its history, Christianity has weathered schisms and theological disputes that have resulted in many distinct churches and denominations. Worldwide, the three largest branches of Christianity are the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the denominations of Protestantism. There are many important differences of interpretation and opinion of the Bible, concise doctrinal statements or confessions of religious beliefs are known as creeds. They began as baptismal formulae and were expanded during the Christological controversies of the 4th and 5th centuries to become statements of faith. Many evangelical Protestants reject creeds as definitive statements of faith, even agreeing with some or all of the substance of the creeds. The Baptists have been non-creedal in that they have not sought to establish binding authoritative confessions of faith on one another. Also rejecting creeds are groups with roots in the Restoration Movement, such as the Christian Church, the Evangelical Christian Church in Canada, the Apostles Creed is the most widely accepted statement of the articles of Christian faith. It is also used by Presbyterians, Methodists, and Congregationalists and this particular creed was developed between the 2nd and 9th centuries. Its central doctrines are those of the Trinity and God the Creator, each of the doctrines found in this creed can be traced to statements current in the apostolic period. The creed was used as a summary of Christian doctrine for baptismal candidates in the churches of Rome. Most Christians accept the use of creeds, and subscribe to at least one of the mentioned above. The central tenet of Christianity is the belief in Jesus as the Son of God, Christians believe that Jesus, as the Messiah, was anointed by God as savior of humanity, and hold that Jesus coming was the fulfillment of messianic prophecies of the Old Testament. The Christian concept of the Messiah differs significantly from the contemporary Jewish concept, Jesus, having become fully human, suffered the pains and temptations of a mortal man, but did not sin

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Northampton, Massachusetts
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The city of Northampton is the county seat of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. As of 2012, the total population of Northampton was 28,592. Northampton is known as an academic, artistic, musical, and it features a large politically liberal community along with numerous alternative health and intellectual organizations. Based on U. S. Census demographics, election returns, and other criteria, the city has a high proportion of residents who identify as gay and lesbian a high number of same-sex households, and is a popular destination for the LGBT community. Northampton is considered part of the Springfield Metropolitan Area, one of Western Massachusettss two separate metropolitan areas and it sits approximately 15 miles north of the city of Springfield, Massachusetts. Northampton is home to Smith College, Northampton High School, Northampton is also known as Norwottuck, or Nonotuck, meaning the midst of the river, named by its original Pocumtuc inhabitants. The Pocumtuc confederacy occupied the Connecticut River Valley from what is now southern Vermont, the Pocumtuc tribes were Algonquian and traditionally allied with the Mahican confederacy to the west. By 1606 an ongoing struggle between the Mahican and Iroquois confederacies led to attacks on the Pocumtuc by the Iroquoian Mohawk nation. The Mahican confederacy had been defeated by 1628, limiting Pocumtuc access to routes to the west. It was in context that the land making up the bulk of modern Northampton was sold to settlers from Springfield, Massachusetts. On May 18,1653 a petition for township was approved by the court of Springfield. While some settlers visited the land in the fall of 1653, they waited till early Spring 1654 to arrive and establish a permanent settlement. This coincided with a souring of relations between the Wampanoag and the Massachusetts Bay colonists, eventually leading to the expanded Algonquian alliance, Northampton was part of the Equivalent Lands compromise. Its territory would be enlarged beyond the settlement, but later portions would be carved up into separate cities, towns. Southampton, for example, was incorporated in 1775 and included parts of the territories of modern Montgomery, Westhampton was incorporated in 1778 and Easthampton in 1809. A section of Northampton called Smiths Ferry was once separated from the rest of the town by the boundaries of Easthampton, the shortest path to downtown was a road near the Connecticut River oxbow, which was subject to frequent flooding. Smiths Ferry was ceded to Holyoke, Massachusetts, in 1909, congregational preacher, theologian and philosopher Jonathan Edwards was a leading figure in a 1734 Christian revival in Northampton. In the winter of 1734 and the spring it reached such intensity that it threatened the towns businesses

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Towpath
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A towpath is a road or trail on the bank of a river, canal, or other inland waterway. The purpose of a towpath is to allow a vehicle, beasts of burden, or a team of human pullers to tow a boat. This mode of transport was common where sailing was impractical due to tunnels and bridges, unfavourable winds, after the Industrial Revolution, towing became obsolete when engines were fitted on boats and when railway transportation superseded the slow towing method. Since then, many of these towpaths have been converted to multi-use trails and they are still named towpaths — although they are now only occasionally used for the purpose of towing boats. As river banks were privately owned, such teams worked their way along the river banks as best they could. On British rivers such as the River Severn, the situation was improved by the creation of towing path companies in the late 1700s. The companies built towing paths along the banks of the river and they were not universally popular, however, as tolls were charged for their use, to recoup the capital cost, and this was resented on rivers where barge traffic had previously been free. With the advent of canals, most of them were constructed with towpaths suitable for horses. Many rivers were improved by artificial cuts, and this gave an opportunity to construct a towing path at the same time. Even so, the River Don Navigation was improved from Tinsley to Rotherham in 1751, on the River Avon between Stratford-upon-Avon and Tewkesbury, a towpath was never provided, and bow-hauling continued until the 1860s, when steam tugs were introduced. While towing paths were most convenient when they stayed on one side of a canal, there were occasions where it had to change sides and this had the benefit that the rope did not have to be detached while the transfer took place. The rope passed through a gap at the centre of the bridge between its two halves. One problem with the horse towing path where it passed under a bridge was abrasion of the rope on the bridge arch. This resulted in deep grooves being cut in the fabric of the bridge, and in many cases and these too soon developed deep grooves, but could be more easily replaced than the stonework of the bridge. In more recent times, this has provided difficulties for walkers, where an attractive river-side walk cannot be followed because the towpath changes sides, not all haulage was by horses, and an experiment was carried out on the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal in 1888. The locomotive ran on 18 in gauge tracks, and was similar to Pet and it pulled trains of two and four boats at 7 mph, and experiments were also tried with eight boats. The mules which assist ships through the locks of the Panama Canal are an example of the concept. Towpaths are popular with cyclists and walkers, and some are suitable for equestrians, in snowy winters they are popular in the USA with cross-country skiers and snowmobile users

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Alfred Atmore Pope
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Alfred Atmore Pope was an American industrialist and art collector. He was the father of Theodate Pope Riddle, a noted American architect, Alfred Popes ancestors came to the New World from Yorkshire, England in 1634 and settled in West Danvers, Massachusetts. Popes father Alton was a woolen goods manufacturer, winning prizes for his mills samples during The Great Exhibition at The Crystal Palace in 1851. In 1861 he moved his family to Baltimore and then to Salem, Ohio, later in Cleveland, Alton set up a woolen business again with his sons as partners. In 1862, Alfred Pope joined the firm of Alton Pope and Sons and in 1866 married Ada Lunette Brooks of Salem, whose family, the couples only child, Theodate, was born one year later. Pope entered the firm as secretary and treasurer and within ten years rose to the rank of president, under Popes leadership the Cleveland Company eventually expanded to include a group of six malleable iron and steel castings plants in the mid-west, known as the National Malleable Castings Company. He was also involved several other manufacturing enterprises and financial institutions. John D. Rockefeller was among his neighbors, in the last years of the 1880s Alfred Pope emerged as a serious collector of paintings and other works of art. The counsel of several artists also had an influence on Popes growing collection, Pope and your daughter Theodate will delight in. Two of his Monets and a Degas made a strong impact at the Cleveland Art Loan Exhibition of 1894. To compliment their paintings, the Popes accumulated a collection of furniture, sculpture, ceramics. Receipts for purchases made during their European tour of 1888/1889 reveal the typically wide range of their interests. These, their first purchases of French Impressionist paintings, included Monets View of Cap dAntibes,1888 and Grainstacks, favoring quality over quantity, Pope took home the best works of art, rather than the most. Today, his collection remains on display at his former country estate, Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington. View Alfred Atmore Popes art collection at Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, Connecticut

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Theodate Pope Riddle
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Theodate Pope Riddle was an American architect. She was one of the first American women architects as well as a survivor of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, when Effie was 19, she changed her name to Theodate in honor of her grandmother Theodate Stackpole. She graduated from Miss Porters School in Farmington, Connecticut and later hired faculty members to tutor her privately in architecture, the first woman to become a licensed architect in both New York and Connecticut, in 1926 she was appointed a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. She designed Hill-Stead, the estate in Farmington, and designed and founded the famous Avon Old Farms School in Avon. Among her best-known architectural commissions was the 1920 reconstruction of the birthplace in New York City of former President Theodore Roosevelt. On May 1,1915, she boarded the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania as a First Class passenger, together with her maid Miss Emily Robinson and Professor Edwin W. Friend, a fellow Farmington resident. After the ship was torpedoed by a German submarine on May 7, Pope, Robinson, the Lusitanias crew was inexperienced at launching the boats, and Pope saw one lifeboat tip all of its passengers into the sea. Pope and Friend decided that it would be an idea to jump from the deck. Before jumping, Theodate turned to her saying, Come. In the water, Pope was buffeted by debris and struggling swimmers and she was struck on the head by debris. People all around me were fighting, striking and struggling, she later recalled, then a man insane with fright made a sudden jump and landed clean on my shoulders, believing I could support him. Neither Robinson nor Professor Friend survived, on May 6,1916 Theodate married 52-year-old John Wallace Riddle, a former American diplomat. She died on August 30,1946 at her home in Farmington, women in architecture Brandegee, Arthur L. and Eddy H. Smith. Farmington, Connecticut, The Village of Beautiful Homes, reprinted by the Farmington Historical Society,1997. Theodate Pope Riddle and the Founding of Avon Old Farms School, Avon, CT, published privately,1973 and 1977. The Architect and the American Country House 1890-1940, New Haven, CT, Yale University Press,1990. Katz, Sandra L. Dearest of Geniuses, A Life of Theodate Pope Riddle, dead Wake, The Last Crossing of the Lusitania. Mercer, William W. ed. Avon Old Farms School, Theodate Pope Riddle, Her Life and Work

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Impressionism
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Impressionism originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s. The Impressionists faced harsh opposition from the art community in France. The development of Impressionism in the arts was soon followed by analogous styles in other media that became known as impressionist music. Radicals in their time, early Impressionists violated the rules of academic painting and they constructed their pictures from freely brushed colours that took precedence over lines and contours, following the example of painters such as Eugène Delacroix and J. M. W. Turner. They also painted scenes of modern life, and often painted outdoors. Previously, still lifes and portraits as well as landscapes were painted in a studio. The Impressionists found that they could capture the momentary and transient effects of sunlight by painting en plein air, the Impressionists, however, developed new techniques specific to the style. The public, at first hostile, gradually came to believe that the Impressionists had captured a fresh and original vision, even if the art critics and art establishment disapproved of the new style. In the middle of the 19th century—a time of change, as Emperor Napoleon III rebuilt Paris, the Académie was the preserver of traditional French painting standards of content and style. Historical subjects, religious themes, and portraits were valued, landscape, the Académie preferred carefully finished images that looked realistic when examined closely. Paintings in this style were made up of brush strokes carefully blended to hide the artists hand in the work. Colour was restrained and often toned down further by the application of a golden varnish, the Académie had an annual, juried art show, the Salon de Paris, and artists whose work was displayed in the show won prizes, garnered commissions, and enhanced their prestige. The standards of the juries represented the values of the Académie, represented by the works of artists as Jean-Léon Gérôme. In the early 1860s, four young painters—Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley and they discovered that they shared an interest in painting landscape and contemporary life rather than historical or mythological scenes. A favourite meeting place for the artists was the Café Guerbois on Avenue de Clichy in Paris, where the discussions were led by Édouard Manet. They were soon joined by Camille Pissarro, Paul Cézanne, during the 1860s, the Salon jury routinely rejected about half of the works submitted by Monet and his friends in favour of works by artists faithful to the approved style. In 1863, the Salon jury rejected Manets The Luncheon on the Grass primarily because it depicted a woman with two clothed men at a picnic. While the Salon jury routinely accepted nudes in historical and allegorical paintings, the jurys severely worded rejection of Manets painting appalled his admirers, and the unusually large number of rejected works that year perturbed many French artists

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James Abbott McNeill Whistler
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American artist, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. He was averse to sentimentality and moral allusion in painting, and was a proponent of the credo art for arts sake. His famous signature for his paintings was in the shape of a stylized butterfly possessing a long stinger for a tail, the symbol was apt, for it combined both aspects of his personality—his art was characterized by a subtle delicacy, while his public persona was combative. Finding a parallel between painting and music, Whistler entitled many of his paintings arrangements, harmonies, and nocturnes and his most famous painting is Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, commonly known as Whistlers Mother, the revered and oft-parodied portrait of motherhood, Whistler influenced the art world and the broader culture of his time with his artistic theories and his friendships with leading artists and writers. James Abbott Whistler was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, on July 10,1834 and his father was a railroad engineer, and Anna was his second wife. James lived the first three years of his life in a modest house at 243 Worthen Street in Lowell, today, the house is a museum dedicated to Whistler. During the Ruskin trial, Whistler claimed St. Petersburg, Russia, as his birthplace, declaring, I shall be born when and where I want, in 1837, the Whistlers moved from Lowell to Stonington, Connecticut, where George Whistler worked for the Stonington Railroad. Sadly, during this period, three of George and Anna Whistlers children died in infancy, in 1839, the Whistlers fortunes improved considerably when George Whistler received the appointment that would make his fortune and fame - that of chief engineer for the Boston & Albany Railroad. Thus, the moved to Springfield, Massachusetts, then one of the United States most prosperous cities. The Whistlers lived in Springfield until they left the United States in late 1842, Nicholas I of Russia learned of George Whistlers ingenuity in engineering the Boston & Albany Railroad, and offered Whistler a position in 1842 engineering a railroad from St. Petersburg to Moscow. In the winter of 1842, the Whistlers moved from Springfield to St. Petersburg, in later years, James Whistler played up his mothers connection to the American South and its roots, and presented himself as an impoverished Southern aristocrat. After her death, he adopted her name, using it as an additional middle name. Young Whistler was a moody child prone to fits of temper and insolence and his parents discovered in his early youth that drawing often settled him down and helped focus his attention. Beginning in 1842, his father was employed to work on a railroad in Russia, after moving to St. Petersburg to join his father a year later, the young Whistler took private art lessons, then enrolled in the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts at age eleven. In 1844, he met the noted artist Sir William Allan, Whistlers mother noted in her diary, the great artist remarked to me Your little boy has uncommon genius, but do not urge him beyond his inclination. In 1847-48, his family spent some time in London with relatives, Whistlers brother-in-law Francis Haden, a physician who was also an artist, spurred his interest in art and photography. Haden took Whistler to visit collectors and to lectures, and gave him a set with instruction

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Edgar Degas
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Edgar Degas was a French artist famous for his paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings. He is especially identified with the subject of dance, more than half of his works depict dancers and he is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism, although he rejected the term, preferring to be called a realist. He was a draftsman, and particularly masterly in depicting movement, as can be seen in his rendition of dancers, racecourse subjects. His portraits are notable for their complexity and for their portrayal of human isolation. At the beginning of his career, Degas wanted to be a history painter, in his early thirties, he changed course, and by bringing the traditional methods of a history painter to bear on contemporary subject matter, he became a classical painter of modern life. Degas was born in Paris, France, into a wealthy family. He was the oldest of five children of Célestine Musson De Gas, a Creole from New Orleans, Louisiana, and Augustin De Gas and his maternal grandfather Germain Musson, was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti of French descent and had settled in New Orleans in 1810. Degas began his schooling at age eleven, enrolling in the Lycée Louis-le-Grand and his mother died when he was thirteen, and his father and grandfather became the main influences on him for the remainder of his youth. Degas began to paint early in life, by the time he graduated from the Lycée with a baccalauréat in literature in 1853, at age 18, he had turned a room in his home into an artists studio. Upon graduating, he registered as a copyist in The Louvre Museum, Degas duly enrolled at the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris in November 1853, but applied little effort to his studies. In April of that year Degas was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts and he studied drawing there with Louis Lamothe, under whose guidance he flourished, following the style of Ingres. In July 1856, Degas traveled to Italy, where he would remain for the three years. In 1858, while staying with his aunts family in Naples and he also began work on several history paintings, Alexander and Bucephalus and The Daughter of Jephthah in 1859–60, Sémiramis Building Babylon in 1860, and Young Spartans around 1860. In 1861 Degas visited his childhood friend Paul Valpinçon in Normandy and he exhibited at the Salon for the first time in 1865, when the jury accepted his painting Scene of War in the Middle Ages, which attracted little attention. The change in his art was influenced primarily by the example of Édouard Manet, upon the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, Degas enlisted in the National Guard, where his defense of Paris left him little time for painting. During rifle training his eyesight was found to be defective, after the war, Degas began in 1872 an extended stay in New Orleans, Louisiana, where his brother René and a number of other relatives lived. Staying at the home of his Creole uncle, Michel Musson, on Esplanade Avenue, Degas produced a number of works, many depicting family members. One of Degass New Orleans works, A Cotton Office in New Orleans, garnered favorable attention back in France, Degas returned to Paris in 1873 and his father died the following year, whereupon Degas learned that his brother René had amassed enormous business debts

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Mary Cassatt
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Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker. She was born in Pennsylvania, but lived much of her life in France. Cassatt often created images of the social and private lives of women and she was described by Gustave Geffroy in 1894 as one of les trois grandes dames of Impressionism alongside Marie Bracquemond and Berthe Morisot. Cassatt was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, which is now part of Pittsburgh and she was born into an upper-middle-class family, Her father, Robert Simpson Cassat, was a successful stockbroker and land speculator. He was descended from the French Huguenot Jacques Cossart, who came to New Amsterdam in 1662 and her mother, Katherine Kelso Johnston, came from a banking family. Katherine Cassatt, educated and well-read, had a influence on her daughter. The ancestral name had been Cossart, a distant cousin of artist Robert Henri, Cassatt was one of seven children, of whom two died in infancy. One brother, Alexander Johnston Cassatt, later president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The family moved eastward, first to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, then to the Philadelphia area, Cassatt grew up in an environment that viewed travel as integral to education, she spent five years in Europe and visited many of the capitals, including London, Paris, and Berlin. While abroad she learned German and French and had her first lessons in drawing and it is likely that her first exposure to French artists Ingres, Delacroix, Corot, and Courbet was at the Paris World’s Fair of 1855. Also in the exhibition were Degas and Pissarro, both of whom were later her colleagues and mentors, though her family objected to her becoming a professional artist, Cassatt began studying painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia at the early age of 15. Part of her parents concern may have been Cassatts exposure to feminist ideas, although about 20 percent of the students were female, most viewed art as a socially valuable skill, few of them were determined, as Cassatt was, to make art their career. She continued her studies from 1861 through 1865, the duration of the American Civil War, among her fellow students was Thomas Eakins, later the controversial director of the Academy. Impatient with the pace of instruction and the patronizing attitude of the male students and teachers. She later said, There was no teaching at the Academy, female students could not use live models, until somewhat later, and the principal training was primarily drawing from casts. Cassatt decided to end her studies, At that time, no degree was granted, after overcoming her fathers objections, she moved to Paris in 1866, with her mother and family friends acting as chaperones. The museum also served as a place for Frenchmen and American female students. In this manner, fellow artist and friend Elizabeth Jane Gardner met, toward the end of 1866, she joined a painting class taught by Charles Chaplin, a noted genre artist

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College preparatory school
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A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school is a type of secondary school. The term can refer to public, private independent or parochial schools primarily designed to prepare students for higher education, in the United States, there are public, private, and charter college preparatory schools and they can be either parochial or secular. Admission is sometimes based on selection criteria, usually academic. Fewer than 1% of students enrolled in school in the United States attend an independent, private school, compared to 9% who attend parochial schools. Public and charter college prep schools are connected to a local school district. The term prep school in the U. S. is usually associated with private, elite institutions that have very selective admission criteria, prep schools can be day schools, boarding schools, or both, and may be co-educational or single-sex. Currently day schools are more common than boarding, and since the 1970s co-educational schools are more common than single-sex, unlike the public schools which are free, they charge tuition Some prep schools are affiliated with a particular religious denomination. Unlike parochial schools, independent preparatory schools are not governed by a religious organization, in most parts of Europe, such as Germany, the Netherlands, France, Italy, and Scandinavia, there are state-funded secondary schools specializing in university-preparatory education. These go by many names depending on the country but may be called gymnasia, athenaea, unlike American prep schools then, they begin after high-school graduation. The most famous French classes préparatoires are exceptionally intensive and selective, taking only the very best students graduating from high schools, nevertheless, there exist many less prestigious classes préparatoires. As a result, 90% of the students in the scientific classes préparatoires eventually become engineers or scientists, a Gymnasium is a particular type of school in Germany and other countries in Europe, with the goal to prepare its pupils to enter a university. The γυμνάσιον of Ancient Greece was a place for physical and eventually also intellectual education of young men, the later meaning of intellectual education persisted in German and other languages, whereas in English, the older meaning of physical education was retained. The German Gymnasien are selective and competitive schools and they enroll students after completing 4th or 6th grade and prepare them for college. The vast majority of Gymnasien is public and does not charge tuition fees, article 7, Paragraph 4 of the German constitution, forbids segregation of students according to the means of their parents. Therefore, most private Gymnasien have rather low tuition fees and/or offer scholarships, every child will be able to enter the lottery, no matter how he or she performed in primary school. It is hoped that this policy will increase the number of lower, a total of zero percent was in favour of the lottery. Germanys oldest Gymnasien include Gymnasium Paulinum, Gymnasium Theodorianum and Gymnasium Carolinum, in Italy, there are several kinds of high schools, both public and private, whose curriculum has as a primary aim the preparation for university. These are called Liceo, plural Licei, the name comes from Lyceum, the Latin rendering of the Ancient Greek Λύκειον, the name of a gymnasium in Classical Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus

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Sarah Porter
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Sarah Porter was the American educator who founded Miss Porters School, a private college preparatory school for girls. She was born in Farmington, Connecticut to Rev. Noah Porter and his wife and her older brother, Noah Porter, was President of Yale College from 1871 to 1886. She was educated at Interactive Education Academy, and, uncharacteristically for women of the time and she taught in Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania, and returned to Connecticut in 1847 to found a female counterpart to Simeon Harts Academy for Boys. She was an opponent of womens suffrage but promoted other legal reforms for women, sarah Porter in The Connecticut Womens Hall of Fame

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Lilly Pulitzer
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Lillian Pulitzer Rousseau, better known as Lilly Pulitzer, was an American socialite and fashion designer. She founded Lilly Pulitzer, Inc. which produces clothing and other such wares featuring bright, colorful, as the brand is popular with high society, she was called the Queen of Prep. Lillian Lee Lilly McKim was born to socialites Robert V. McKim and his wife, Lillian in Roslyn, New York in 1931 and her elder sister was named Mary Maude, and her younger sister was Florence Fitch. Her mother, Lillian Bostwick McKim was an heiress to the Standard Oil fortune, Robert and Lillian McKim divorced, and Lillian remarried, to Ogden Phipps, in 1937. She attended the Chapin School in New York City, along with Bouvier sister Jacqueline Lee, in 1949, she graduated from Miss Porters School in Farmington, Connecticut. Lilly and husband Peter Pulitzer settled in Palm Beach, Florida, born to an heiress of the Standard Oil fortune, she married Herbert Pulitzer Jr. the grandson of Joseph Pulitzer—the publisher synonymous with the Pulitzer Prize. They owned several Florida citrus orange groves and with produce from the groves, she opened a stand on Via Mizner. In the course of working at the stand, Pulitzer found that squeezing juice made a mess of her clothes. Seeking to camouflage the juice stains, she designed a sleeveless dress made of bright. She found out that customers loved her dress, so she produced more in order to them at her juice stand. Eventually, she was selling more dresses than juice, and decided to focus on designing and selling what had become known as her Lillys, in 1959, Pulitzer became president of her own company, Lilly Pulitzer, Inc. The companys main factory was located in Miami, Florida and the fabrics were produced by the Key West Hand Print Fabrics company in Key West, Lilly Pulitzer was a former classmate of Jackies. After Jackie was featured in Life magazine donning one of Lillys famous shifts, the Jacqueline dress is one of Lilly Pulitzers most successful styles. By 1984, Lilly closed down the entire clothing operation, Lilly later stated that the first shift dress her former classmate, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, was photographed in was in fact made of kitchen curtains. In 1993, the rights to the brand were purchased by Sugartown Worldwide and they contacted Pulitzer with the hopes of reviving the brand because, they just loved Lilly, their mothers and sisters loved Lilly, and they wanted to bring the line back, Pulitzer said. Today, the company maintains 75 Lilly Pulitzer Signature Stores,23 company-owned retail stores, sells to independently owned stores and is in major department stores such as Belk, Lord and Taylor, Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. On December 21,2010, Sugartown Worldwide, Inc. was purchased by Oxford Industries, in April 2015, Target announced a collaboration with Lilly Pulitzer. Within hours, the collection was almost entirely sold out, in stores

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Bush family
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The Bush family is an American family that is prominent in the fields of politics, sports, entertainment, and business. Other family members include a National Football League executive, Joe Ellis, Peter Schweizer, author of a biography of the family, has described the Bushes as the most successful political dynasty in American history. According to some sources, the Bush family is of primarily English. The Bush family is one of the oldest American families of European origin, with Samuel Bush being their first American-born ancestor. Obadiah Newcomb Bush was the son of blacksmith Timothy Bush Jr. and was an American prospector, Col. Robert Bolling Sr. of Kippax Plantation was an Early American settler in the colony of Virginia whose son, Robert Bolling Jr. was a Bush family ancestor. Bolling Sr. later had children with Jane Rolfe, the granddaughter of Pocahontas, edith Wilson, second wife of U. S. President Woodrow Wilson was also descended from Col. Robert Bolling, Sr. so therefore was distantly related to the Bush family. Wild Bill Hickok was a cousin three times removed of Prescott Bush. John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley, Mayflower passengers, through their daughter Hope, gov. W. Bush and grandson George W. Bush. Mary Parker was executed by hanging in 1692 for witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials, through John May and his wife Prudence Bridge, the family is related to U. S. Attorney General Charles Bonaparte, U. S. Vice President Charles Gates Dawes, actress Blanche Oelrichs, and author Louisa May Alcott, George Herbert Bert Walker was a wealthy American banker and businessman. His daughter Dorothy married Prescott Bush, making him the grandfather of the 41st President George H. W. Bush and the great-grandfather of the 43rd President and George W. Bush. He is also the namesake of the Walker Cup, an amateur golf trophy contested in odd-numbered years between a U. S. team and a combined Great Britain and Ireland side. Flora Sheldon, wife of Samuel P. Bush, was a distant descendant of the Livingston, Schuyler, ISBN 0-670-03264-6 The Bushes, Portrait of a Dynasty, Peter Schweizer Victory restores Bush dynasty to Washington from CNN The Bush dynasty parties on from the St. Petersburg Times

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Rockefeller family
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The family is also known for its long association with and control of Chase Manhattan Bank. They are considered to be one of the most powerful families, if not the most powerful family, one of the founding members of the Rockefeller family was businessman William Rockefeller Sr. born in Granger, New York, to a Protestant family. He had six children with his first wife Eliza Davison, the most prominent of which were oil tycoons John Davison Rockefeller and William Rockefeller, Oil baron John D. Rockefeller was a devout Northern Baptist, and he supported many church-based institutions. The family was involved in numerous real estate construction projects in the U. S. during the 20th century. In Manhattan by fourteen major institutions that were based in the area, the result, in 1951, was the six-building apartment complex known as Morningside Gardens. Seniors donations led to the formation of the University of Chicago in 1889, the Central Philippine University in the Philippines and this was one instance of a long family and Rockefeller Foundation tradition of financially supporting Ivy League and other major colleges and universities over the generations—seventy-five in total. John D Jr. established International House at Berkeley, beginning with John Sr. the family has been a major force in land conservation. John Jr. and his son Laurance were particularly prominent in this area, at the event, the societys president, John Flicker, notably stated, Cumulatively, no other family in America has made the contribution to conservation that the Rockefeller family has made. Nelson, John D. III, John D. IV, Peggy Dulany, Rockefeller Foundation, the Trilateral Commission -David, Rockefeller Brothers Fund. The Bilderberg Group - David, John D. IV, the Asia Society - John D. III, John D. IV, Charles, David. The Population Council - John D. III, the Council of the Americas - David. The Group of Thirty - The Rockefeller Foundation, the World Economic Forum - David. The Peterson Institute - David, Monica, the International Executive Service Corps - David. The Institute for Pacific Relations - Junior, the League of Nations - Junior. The United Nations - Junior, John D. III, Nelson, David, Peggy Dulany, the United Nations Association - David. These include, the Commonwealth Fund, Charles E. Culpeper Foundation, Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust, in total, it holds over 70 million pages of documents and contains the collections of forty-two scientific, cultural, educational and philanthropic organizations. Only the expurgated records of deceased family members are available to scholars and researchers. He reports that it will be years before all the papers will be open to the public

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University of Connecticut Health Center
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UConn Health is the branch of the University of Connecticut that oversees clinical care, advanced biomedical research, and academic education in medicine. The main branch is located in Farmington, Connecticut, in the US and it includes a teaching hospital, the UConn School of Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, and Graduate School. Other smaller branches exist in Storrs and Canton, the university owns and operates many smaller clinics around the state that contain UConn Medical Group, UConn Health Partners, University Dentists and research facilities. UConn Health Center has about 5,000 employees, and is linked with the University of Connecticuts main campus in Storrs through several cross-campus academic projects. UConn John Dempsey Hospital is a 137-bed university hospital that services in geriatrics, maternal fetal medicine, cardiology, cancer care. The hospital is a care facility and operates the only full service emergency department in the Farmington Valley. UConn John Dempsey Hospital has an impact of $582,585,000 on the local economy. The hospital was named after former Connecticut State Governor John N. Dempsey, after he successfully helped acquire funding for the academic hospital. In the last year with data, UConn Health Center had 8,653 admissions,29,727 patients emergency room visits. The hospital operates a number of training programs for physicians. Through Bioscience Connecticut, construction will begin in 2013 for a new patient care tower on the UConn Health Center campus, the projects are expected to be completed in 2016 and 2018, respectively. The buildings are expected to achieve certification by the Leadership in Energy. With more than 450 physicians in more than 50 specialties, the physicians of the UConn Health Center form one of the region’s largest multi-specialty practice, outpatient services include primary care, OB/GYN, dermatology. The UConn Center on Aging offers specialized services to aging populations, clinic sites are located on the Farmington campus, and at satellite offices in West Hartford, East Hartford, Avon, Simsbury and Southington. Through Bioscience Connecticut, a new ambulatory care center began construction in 2012 on the UConn Health Center campus, University Dentists, the group practice based on the Health Center’s Farmington campus, provides preventive, corrective and restorative care for patients of all ages. In addition, the student and resident run dental services provide a safety net for patients with little or no insurance. The UConn Health Center is home to a modern Center for Implant and Reconstructive Dentistry that offers dental implant therapies and is engaged in research into bone growth and augmentation. The Correctional Managed Health Care program, a partnership with the Department of Correction, Medical, mental health, dental and ancillary services are provided in all 18 facilities across the state

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The University of Connecticut Health Center.
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UConn Health

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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
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A neonatal intensive care unit, also known as an intensive care nursery, is an intensive care unit specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants. The first American newborn intensive care unit, designed by Louis Gluck, was opened in October 1960 at Yale–New Haven Hospital, in the city of New Haven, Connecticut. A NICU is typically directed by one or more neonatologists and staffed by nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, physician assistants, resident physicians, respiratory therapists, many other ancillary disciplines and specialists are available at larger units. The term neonatal comes from neo, new, and natal, Neonatal nurse practitioners are advanced practice nurses that care for premature babies and sick newborns in intensive care units, emergency rooms, delivery rooms, and special clinics. Prematurity is a factor that follows early labour, a planned caesarean section. Healthcare institutions have varying requirements for neonatal nurses. Neonatal nurses are registered nurses, and therefore must have an Associate of Science in Nursing or Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, some countries or institutions may also require a midwifery qualification. Some institutions may accept newly graduated RNs having passed the NCLEX exam, some countries offer postgraduate degrees in neonatal nursing, such as the Master of Science in Nursing and various doctorates. A nurse practitioner may be required to hold a postgraduate degree, the National Association of Neonatal Nurses recommends two years experience working in a NICU before taking graduate classes. As with any registered nurse, local licensing or certifying bodies as well as employers may set requirements for continuing education, there are no mandated requirements to becoming an RN in an NICU, although neonatal nurses must have certification as a neonatal resuscitation provider. Intensive-care nurses undergo intensive didactic and clinical orientation in addition to their general nursing knowledge in order to provide highly specialized care for critical patients, NICU RNs undergo annual skills tests and are subject to additional training to maintain contemporary practice. The problem of premature and congenitally ill infants is not a new one, as early as the 17th and 18th centuries, there were scholarly papers published that attempted to share knowledge of interventions. It was not until 1922, however, that hospitals started grouping the newborn infants into one area, before the industrial revolution, premature and ill infants were born and cared for at home and either lived or died without medical intervention. In the mid-nineteenth century, the infant incubator was first developed, based on the used for chicken eggs. Dr. Stephane Tarnier is generally considered to be the father of the incubator, other methods had been used before, but this was the first closed model, in addition, he helped convince other physicians that the treatment helped premature infants. France became a forerunner in assisting premature infants, in due to its concerns about a falling birth rate. After Tarnier retired, Dr. Pierre Budin, followed in his footsteps, noting the limitations of infants in incubators and the importance of breastmilk and the mother’s attachment to the child. Budin is known as the father of modern perinatology, and his seminal work The Nursling became the first major publication to deal with the care of the neonate

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Hartford Connecticut Temple
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The Hartford Connecticut Temple is a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hartford, Connecticut. It is the first LDS temple in Connecticut and the second in New England, the temple is located in Farmington, at the intersection of Melrose Drive and Farmington Avenue. On October 3,1992, during the session of the church’s 162nd Semiannual general conference. Hinckley, First Counselor in the First Presidency, announced plans for a temple in Hartford, however, three years later, plans for this temple were replaced with plans for the Boston and White Plains New York temples. However, construction of a temple in White Plains, on a 24-acre site for the temple at the intersection of Interstate 287 and Hutchinson River Parkway, was never started and eventually suspended. In May 2012, the released a rendering of the temple. The temple was planned to be approximately 25,000 square feet, ground was broken for the new temple by Monson on August 17,2013. A public open house was held from September 30 through October 22,2016, excluding October 1, the temple was dedicated by Henry B

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Location prior to construction

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Interstate 84 (east)
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Interstate 84 is an Interstate Highway in the United States with two non-contiguous sections. This eastern section extends from Dunmore, Pennsylvania, at an interchange with I-81 east to Sturbridge, Massachusetts, I-84 has distance-based exit numbering in Pennsylvania. Otherwise, exit numbers are roughly sequential, another highway named I-84 is located in the northwestern United States. Interstate 84 starts in Pennsylvania at Interstate 81 in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, after two miles, I-84 interchanges with Interstate 380, with I-380 going southeast through the Poconos and I-84 continuing almost due east into Wayne and Pike counties. The Pennsylvania section is the segment of I-84 that uses mile-based exit numbers. Its right-of-way is very wide, with a median strip between the two roadways as it passes through densely wooded country, except for the swampy areas in southern Wayne County. The only development along Pennsylvanias section of I-84 is where US6 and 209 start to closely and form a commercial strip just south of Matamoras. I-84 reaches its highest elevation in Pennsylvania and in the east just west of exit 8 at 1800 feet, I-84 enters New York by crossing both the Delaware and Neversink rivers on a long bridge south of Port Jervis, the first large settlement near the highway. I-84 includes the Newburgh–Beacon Bridge across the Hudson River at Newburgh, at Brewster, where Interstate 684 heads south towards New York City, the road resumes its eastern course into Connecticut, closely paralleled by US6 and 202. The interstates first exit is at the line, where it enters the city of Danbury. Here it is designated the Yankee Expressway, two miles to the east, where US7 comes in from the south near Danbury Fair Mall to join I-84, it turns to the north. At the next exit, routes 6 and 202 join the highway, the four-way concurrency ends after 3 miles, when 7 and 202 split off north towards New Milford. Route 6 leaves the interstate at the exit, and I-84 continues east across the countryside. At Exit 11, it turns to the northeast and descends to cross the Housatonic River on the Rochambeau Bridge and it then climbs onto higher ground to the city of Waterbury, which it passes on an elevated viaduct with the eastbound and westbound lanes on different levels. Here the CT8 expressway intersects, the eastern heading continues past Waterbury to Milldale, where Interstate 691 splits off to the east. This section has many left-hand exits and entrances and sharp curves, I-84 heads northeast towards New Britain and Hartford, the state capital and the largest community along its eastern length. The last exit in Connecticut is Exit 74, an exit for Route 171, I-84 crosses the Massachusetts border in the town of Union. The Wilbur Cross Highway continues on Interstate 84 after the highway crosses the state line, for a short distance, the interstate passes through the town of Holland in Hampden County before crossing into Sturbridge in Worcester County for the remainder of its length

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Interstate 380 northbound ending at Interstate 84 in Roaring Brook Township, southeast of Scranton, PA. Despite the signage, the official end of I-380 is at this interchange.
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An overlook along I-84 near Port Jervis, New York. The road is also visible left center, immediately left of the large tree in the foreground.
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I-84 (looking eastbound) just before becoming an elevated viaduct to cross downtown Waterbury

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The United States Census Bureau is a principal agency of the U. S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureaus primary mission is conducting the U. S. Census every ten years, in addition to the decennial census, the Census Bureau continually conducts dozens of other censuses and surveys, including the American Community Survey, the U. S. Economic Census, and the Current Population Survey, furthermore, economic and foreign trade indicators released by the federal government typically contain data produced by the Census Bureau. The Bureaus various censuses and surveys help allocate over $400 billion in federal funds every year and help states, local communities, the Census Bureau is part of the U. S. Department of Commerce and its director is appointed by the President of the United States. The Census Bureau now conducts a population count every 10 years in years ending with a 0. Between censuses, the Census Bureau makes population estimates and projections, the Census Bureau is mandated with fulfilling these obligations, the collecting of statistics about the nation, its people, and economy. The Census Bureaus legal authority is codified in Title 13 of the United States Code, the Census Bureau also conducts surveys on behalf of various federal government and local government agencies on topics such as employment, crime, health, consumer expenditures, and housing. Within the bureau, these are known as surveys and are conducted perpetually between and during decennial population counts. The Census Bureau also conducts surveys of manufacturing, retail, service. Between 1790 and 1840, the census was taken by marshals of the judicial districts, the Census Act of 1840 established a central office which became known as the Census Office. Several acts followed that revised and authorized new censuses, typically at the 10-year intervals, in 1902, the temporary Census Office was moved under the Department of Interior, and in 1903 it was renamed the Census Bureau under the new Department of Commerce and Labor. The department was intended to consolidate overlapping statistical agencies, but Census Bureau officials were hindered by their role in the department. An act in 1920 changed the date and authorized manufacturing censuses every 2 years, in 1929, a bill was passed mandating the House of Representatives be reapportioned based on the results of the 1930 Census. In 1954, various acts were codified into Title 13 of the US Code, by law, the Census Bureau must count everyone and submit state population totals to the U. S. President by December 31 of any year ending in a zero. States within the Union receive the results in the spring of the following year, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. The Census Bureau regions are widely used. for data collection, the Census Bureau definition is pervasive. Title 13 of the U. S. Code establishes penalties for the disclosure of this information, all Census employees must sign an affidavit of non-disclosure prior to employment. The Bureau cannot share responses, addresses or personal information with anyone including United States or foreign government, only after 72 years does the information collected become available to other agencies or the general public

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West Hartford, Connecticut
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West Hartford is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. Located 5 miles west of downtown Hartford, is an upmarket inner-ring suburb located in Greater Hartford, the population was 63,268 at the 2010 census. The town is known for its downtown area colloquially known as West Hartford Center, or simply The Center. West Hartford Center has been the main hub since the late 17th century. In 2008, Blue Back Square opened as a new addition to the central area, Blue Back includes a bookstore, a movie theater, two parking garages, various physician and medical offices, and several restaurants. Incorporated as a town in 1854, the town was previously a parish of Hartford, in 2010, Kiplingers Personal Finance magazine listed West Hartford as one of the nations 10 Great Cities for Raising Families. In 2010, Kiplingers ranked West Hartford #9 on its 10 Best Cities for the Next Decade list, in 2010, CNN Money ranked West Hartford as the 55th best small city in America. In 2010, the online magazine Travelandleisure. com cited West Hartford as one of 10 coolest suburbs in the nation. According to new evidence, the Wampanoag people used West Hartford as one of their winter camps. Fishing and hunting along the Connecticut River, the area of West Hartford offered the Wampanoag people a refuge from the winter wind. In 1636 Reverend Thomas Hooker led a group of followers from what is now Cambridge, Massachusetts to the Great River, as the colony grew, additional land was needed. In 1672 the Proprietors of Hartford ordered that a Division be created to the West, a total of 72 Long Lots were laid out between todays Quaker Lane in the East and Mountain Road in the West. The northern boundary was Bloomfield, and the Southern, present day New Britain Avenue, in the 1670s the area was referred to as the West Division of Hartford. This remained the name until 1806 when Connecticut General Assembly started referring to it as the Society of West Hartford. In 1679, Stephen Hosmers father sent him to establish a sawmill on the property, young Hosmer would eventually go back to live in Hartford, but in his 1693 estate inventory,310 acres in West Hartford along with a house and a sawmill are listed. For nearly a century the property would be handed down throughout the family, evidence still remains of the Towns first industry, as Stephen Hosmers mill pond and dam can still be found today on the westernmost side of North Main Street. At its core was the meeting house. The First Congregational Meeting House was built around 1712 and still stands today at what is now the northwest corner of Main Street

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Basalt
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Basalt is a common extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of basaltic lava exposed at or very near the surface of a planet or moon. Flood basalt describes the formation in a series of basalt flows. By definition, basalt is an igneous rock with generally 45-55% silica and less than 10% feldspathoid by volume. Basalt commonly features a very fine-grained or glassy matrix interspersed with visible mineral grains, the average density is 3.0 gm/cm3. Basalt is defined by its content and texture, and physical descriptions without mineralogical context may be unreliable in some circumstances. Basalt is usually grey to black in colour, but rapidly weathers to brown or rust-red due to oxidation of its mafic minerals into hematite, although usually characterized as dark, basaltic rocks exhibit a wide range of shading due to regional geochemical processes. Due to weathering or high concentrations of plagioclase, some basalts can be quite light-coloured and these phenocrysts usually are of olivine or a calcium-rich plagioclase, which have the highest melting temperatures of the typical minerals that can crystallize from the melt. Basalt with a texture is called vesicular basalt, when the bulk of the rock is mostly solid. Gabbro is often marketed commercially as black granite and these ultramafic volcanic rocks, with silica contents below 45% are usually classified as komatiites. Agricola applied basalt to the black rock of the Schloßberg at Stolpen. Tholeiitic basalt is relatively rich in silica and poor in sodium, included in this category are most basalts of the ocean floor, most large oceanic islands, and continental flood basalts such as the Columbia River Plateau. Basalt rocks are in some cases classified after their content in High-Ti and Low-Ti varieties. High-Ti and Low-Ti basalts have been distinguished in the Paraná and Etendeka traps and it has greater than 17% alumina and is intermediate in composition between tholeiite and alkali basalt, the relatively alumina-rich composition is based on rocks without phenocrysts of plagioclase. Alkali basalt is relatively poor in silica and rich in sodium and it is silica-undersaturated and may contain feldspathoids, alkali feldspar and phlogopite. Boninite is a form of basalt that is erupted generally in back-arc basins. Ocean island basalt Lunar basalt On Earth, most basalt magmas have formed by melting of the mantle. Basalt commonly erupts on Io, the third largest moon of Jupiter, and has formed on the Moon, Mars, Venus. The crustal portions of oceanic tectonic plates are composed predominantly of basalt, produced from upwelling mantle below, the mineralogy of basalt is characterized by a preponderance of calcic plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene

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Farmington Mountain
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Farmington Mountain,502 feet, is a traprock ridge located 9 miles southwest of Hartford, Connecticut in the town of Farmington. It is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from Long Island Sound near New Haven, Connecticut, Farmington Mountain is known for its microclimate ecosystems, rare plant communities, and for the historic Hill-Stead Museum. Farmington Mountain is traversed by the 51-mile Metacomet Trail, roughly 1.4 miles long by 0.5 miles wide, Farmington Mountain rises steeply 250 feet above the town of Farmington to the west. The mountain consists of a summit ridge with two distinct peaks and a lower plateau and ledge that hangs just above the center of Farmington. This ledge is contiguous with the ridges of Talcott Mountain to the north. The Metacomet Ridge continues north and south from Farmington Mountain over those peaks, the wooded ridgeline of Farmington Mountain is less distinct that its neighboring peaks on the Metacomet Ridge. Nonetheless, the contains a number of prominent features. The historic Hill-Stead Museum, known for its French Impressionist masterpieces, architecture, the southern half of the mountain is made up of largely wooded cliffs, the Farmington Reservoir is nestled between the ridge high point and the edge of the lower plateau. Other parts of the mountain are occupied by suburban housing, Farmington Mountain, like much of the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, also called traprock, a volcanic rock. The mountain formed near the end of the Triassic Period with the rifting apart of the North American continent from Africa, lava welled up from the rift and solidified into sheets of strata hundreds of feet thick. Subsequent faulting and earthquake activity tilted the strata, creating the cliffs, Farmington Mountain is also an important raptor migration path. Theodate inherited the house after her parents deaths, and prior to her own passing in 1946 willed Hill-Stead Museum as a memorial to her parents and she directed that both house and its contents remain intact, not to be moved, lent, or sold. The house is furnished with paintings, prints, and art. Highlights include works by Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, James McNeill Whistler, Albrecht Dürer and postcards including correspondence from Mary Cassatt, Henry James, both the Hill-Stead Museum and the town of Farmington manage networks of walking paths on the mountain. Farmington Mountain is also traversed by the Metacomet Trail, which extends from the Hanging Hills of Meriden, the walking paths of Hill-Stead Museum, accessible at no charge from the museum parking lot, are open from 7,30 am to 5,30 pm. There is a charge for touring the museum, which is open May–October 10 am-5 pm, the Metacomet Trail can be accessed from the same trailhead. The ecosystem and ridgeline of Farmington Mountain are most threatened by development, the Farmington Land Trust is active in the conservation of Farmington Mountain and its viewshed. The trust has secured a number of easements on the slopes of the mountain

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1860 United States Census
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The United States Census of 1860 was the eighth Census conducted in the United States starting June 1,1860, and lasting five months. It determined the population of the United States to be 31,443,321, the total population included 3,953,761 slaves, representing 12. 6% of the total population. By the time the 1860 census returns were ready for tabulation, as a result, Census Superintendent Joseph C. G. Kennedy and his staff produced only an abbreviated set of public reports, without graphic or cartographic representations. The statistics did allow the Census staff to produce a display, including preparing maps of Southern states. These maps displayed militarily vital topics, including population, slave population, predominant agricultural products. The 1860 census Schedule 1 was one of two schedules that counted the population of the United States, the other was Schedule 2, aggregate data for small areas, together with compatible cartographic boundary files, can be downloaded from the National Historical Geographic Information System. National data reveals that farmers made up nearly 10% of utilized occupations, farm laborers represent the next highest percent with 3. 2%, followed by general laborers at 3. 0%. More localized data shows that other occupations were common, in the town of Essex, Massachusetts, a large section of the women in the labor force were devoted to shoe-binding, while for men the common occupations were farming and shoe-making. IPUMS data also notes that the share of the population that had enrolled in school or marked as Student stood at 0. 2%. The census of 1860 was the last in which much of Southern wealth was held as slaves—still legally considered property, G. G. Kennedy U. S. Federal Cens us Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 Adam Goodheart, The Census of Doom, NY Times

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1890 United States Census
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The Eleventh United States Census was taken beginning June 2,1890. The data was tabulated by machine for the first time, the data reported that the distribution of the population had resulted in the disappearance of the American frontier. Data was entered on a machine readable medium, punched cards, the total population of 62,947,714, the family, or rough, count, was announced after only six weeks of processing. The public reaction to this tabulation was disbelief, as it was believed that the right answer was at least 75,000,000. The United States census of 1890 showed a total of 248,253 Native Americans living in America, down from 400,764 Native Americans identified in the census of 1850. The 1890 census announced that the region of the United States no longer existed. Up to and including the 1880 census, the country had a frontier of settlement, by 1890, isolated bodies of settlement had broken into the unsettled area to the extent that there was hardly a frontier line. This prompted Frederick Jackson Turner to develop his Frontier Thesis, the original data for the 1890 Census is no longer available. Almost all the schedules were damaged in a fire in the basement of the Commerce Building in Washington. Some 25% of the materials were presumed destroyed and another 50% damaged by smoke, the damage to the records led to an outcry for a permanent National Archives. The Librarian was asked by the Bureau to identify any records which should be retained for historical purposes, congress authorized destruction of that list of records on February 21,1933, and the surviving original 1890 census records were destroyed by government order by 1934 or 1935. The other censuses for which information has been lost are the 1800 and 1810 enumerations. Mayo-Smith, Richmond, The Eleventh Census of the United States

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1940 United States Census
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The census date of record was April 1,1940. A number of new questions were asked including where people were 5 years before, highest educational grade achieved and this census introduced sampling techniques, one in 20 people were asked additional questions on the census form. Other innovations included a field test of the census in 1939, the 1940 census collected the following information, In addition, a sample of individuals were asked additional questions covering age at first marriage, fertility, and other topics. Full documentation on the 1940 census, including forms and a procedural history, is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Following completion of the census, the original sheets were microfilmed. As required by Title 13 of the U. S. Code, non-personally identifiable information Microdata from the 1940 census is freely available through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Also, aggregate data for small areas, together with electronic boundary files, on April 2, 2012—72 years after the census was taken—microfilmed images of the 1940 census enumeration sheets were released to the public by the National Archives and Records Administration. The records are indexed only by enumeration district upon initial release, several organizations are compiling indices, why the huge interest in the 1940 Census. 1940 Census Questions Hosted at CensusFinder. com

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1950 United States Census
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Full documentation on the 1950 census, including census forms and a procedural history, is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Microdata from the 1950 census are available through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Aggregate data for small areas, together with electronic boundary files, personally identifiable information will be available in 2022. Historic US Census data 1951 U. S Census Report Contains 1950 Census results

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1970 United States Census
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Microdata from the 1970 census are freely available through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Aggregate data for small areas, together with electronic boundary files and these data were originally created and disseminated by DUALabs. Personally identifiable information will be available in 2042, california took over as the most populous state, New York had previously been ranked number one. While the entire country increased to more than 204 million persons, four states lost population with West Virginia leading the list, down 8, historic US Census data 1971 U. S Census Report, with estimated 1970 Census results 1970 Census of Population

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1980 United States Census
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Approximately 16 percent of households received a long form of the 1980 census, which contained over 100 questions. Full documentation on the 1980 census, including forms and a procedural history, is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Microdata from the 1980 census are available through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Aggregate data for small areas, together with electronic boundary files, personally identifiable information will be available in 2052. Between the 1980 census and the 1990 census, the United States population increased by approximately 22,164,837 or 9. 8%, historic US Census data 1981 U. S Census Report Contains 1980 Census results

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2000 United States Census
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This was the twenty-second federal census and was at the time the largest civilly administered peacetime effort in the United States. Approximately 16 percent of households received a form of the 2000 census. Full documentation on the 2000 census, including forms and a procedural history, is available from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Microdata from the 2000 census is available through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Aggregate data for small areas, together with electronic boundary files, personally identifiable information will be available in 2072. The U. S. resident population includes the number of people in the 50 states. The Bureau also enumerated the residents of the U. S. territory of Puerto Rico, its population was 3,808,610, the 2000 Census was the first time survey options for multiracial Americans were provided. S. Households had access to computers, 42% have Internet access, regionally, the South and West experienced the bulk of the nations population increase,14,790,890 and 10,411,850, respectively. This meant that the center of U. S. population moved to Phelps County. The Northeast grew by 2,785,149, the Midwest by 4,724,144, the results of the census are used to determine how many congressional districts each state is apportioned. Congress defines the formula, in accordance with Title 2 of the U. S. Code, each member of the House represents a population of about 647,000. The populations of the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are excluded from the apportionment population because they do not have voting seats in the U. S, since the first census in 1790, the decennial count has been the basis for the United States representative form of government. Article I, Section II specifies that The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, in 1790, each member of the House represented about 34,000 residents. Since then, the House more than quadrupled in size, today, each member represents about 20 times as many constituents. This recommendation was followed by the Secretary of Commerce, after the census was tabulated, Utah challenged the results in two different ways. Utah was extremely close to gaining a fourth seat, falling 857 people short. The margin was later shortened to 80 people, after the government discovered that it overcounted the population of North Carolina by 2,673 residents. Utah claimed that individuals traveling abroad as religious missionaries should be counted as residents, almost half of all Mormon missionaries, more than 11,000 individuals, were from Utah, only 102 came from North Carolina

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Republican Party (United States)
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The Republican Party, commonly referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party. The party is named after republicanism, the dominant value during the American Revolution, there have been 19 Republican presidents, the most from any one party. The Republican Partys current ideology is American conservatism, which contrasts with the Democrats more progressive platform, further, its platform involves support for free market capitalism, free enterprise, fiscal conservatism, a strong national defense, deregulation, and restrictions on labor unions. In addition to advocating for economic policies, the Republican Party is socially conservative. As of 2017, the GOP is documented as being at its strongest position politically since 1928, in addition to holding the Presidency, the Republicans control the 115th United States Congress, having majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The party also holds a majority of governorships and state legislatures, the main cause was opposition to the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which repealed the Missouri Compromise by which slavery was kept out of Kansas. The Northern Republicans saw the expansion of slavery as a great evil, the first public meeting of the general anti-Nebraska movement where the name Republican was suggested for a new anti-slavery party was held on March 20,1854, in a schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin. The name was chosen to pay homage to Thomas Jeffersons Republican Party. The first official party convention was held on July 6,1854, in Jackson and it oversaw the preserving of the union, the end of slavery, and the provision of equal rights to all men in the American Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861–1877. The Republicans initial base was in the Northeast and the upper Midwest, with the realignment of parties and voters in the Third Party System, the strong run of John C. Fremont in the 1856 United States presidential election demonstrated it dominated most northern states, early Republican ideology was reflected in the 1856 slogan free labor, free land, free men, which had been coined by Salmon P. Chase, a Senator from Ohio. Free labor referred to the Republican opposition to labor and belief in independent artisans. Free land referred to Republican opposition to the system whereby slaveowners could buy up all the good farm land. The Party strove to contain the expansion of slavery, which would cause the collapse of the slave power, Lincoln, representing the fast-growing western states, won the Republican nomination in 1860 and subsequently won the presidency. The party took on the mission of preserving the Union, and destroying slavery during the American Civil War, in the election of 1864, it united with War Democrats to nominate Lincoln on the National Union Party ticket. The partys success created factionalism within the party in the 1870s and those who felt that Reconstruction had been accomplished and was continued mostly to promote the large-scale corruption tolerated by President Ulysses S. Grant ran Horace Greeley for the presidency. The Stalwarts defended Grant and the system, the Half-Breeds led by Chester A. Arthur pushed for reform of the civil service in 1883. The Republicans supported the pietistic Protestants who demanded Prohibition, nevertheless, by 1890 the Republicans had agreed to the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Interstate Commerce Commission in response to complaints from owners of small businesses and farmers

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Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican U.S. President (1861–1865).
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Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (1901–1909)
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Dwight Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (1953–1961)
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Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (1969–1974)

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Bar Harbor, Maine
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Bar Harbor is a town on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population is 5,235, Bar Harbor is a popular tourist destination in the Down East region of Maine and home to the College of the Atlantic, Jackson Laboratory, and MDI Biological Laboratory. Prior to a catastrophic 1947 fire the town was a summer colony for the super-affluent elite. Bar Harbor is home to the largest parts of Acadia National Park, including Cadillac Mountain, the highest point within twenty-five miles of the coastline of the Eastern United States. The town is served by the Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport, which has flights on Cape Air and PenAir to Boston, as well as flights to Newark and Portland. The town of Bar Harbor was founded on the northeast shore of Mount Desert Island, the Wabanaki seasonally fished, hunted and gathered berries, clams, and other shellfish in the area. They spoke of Bar Harbor as Man-es-aydik or Ah-baysauk, leaving piles of shells as evidence of this abundance. In early September 1604, French explorer Samuel de Champlain ran aground on a rock ledge believed to be just off Otter Cliffs, Champlain named the island Isles des Monts Deserts, meaning island of barren mountains—now called Mount Desert Island, the largest in Maine. The community was first settled by Europeans in 1763 by Israel Higgins and John Thomas and incorporated on February 23,1796 as Eden, after Sir Richard Eden, early industries included fishing, lumbering and shipbuilding. With the best soil on Mount Desert Island, it also developed agriculture, in the 1840s, its rugged maritime scenery attracted the Hudson River School and Luminism artists Thomas Cole, Frederic Edwin Church, William Hart and Fitz Henry Lane. Inspired by their paintings, journalists, sportsmen and rusticators followed, agamont House, the first hotel in Eden, was established in 1855 by Tobias Roberts. Birch Point, the first summer estate, was built in 1868 by Alpheus Hardy, by 1880, there were 30 hotels, including the Mira Monte Inn, a historic landmark that would later survive a massive fire, in 1947. Tourists were arriving by train and ferry to the Gilded Age resort that would rival Newport, a glimpse of their lifestyles was available from the Shore Path, a walkway skirting waterfront lawns. Yachting, garden parties at the Pot & Kettle Club, others enjoyed horse-racing at Robin Hood Park-Morrell Park. President William Howard Taft played golf in 1910 at the Kebo Valley Golf Club. On March 3,1918, Eden was renamed Bar Harbor, after the sand and gravel bar, visible at low tide, the name would become synonymous with elite wealth. It was the birthplace of vice-president Nelson Rockefeller on July 8,1908, Bar Harbor was also used for naval practices during World War II. More specifically, Bald Porcupine Island was used to fire live torpedoes, on October 10,1944 the submarine USS Piper fired 12 live torpedoes at the island

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Biomedical research
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Biomedical research is in general simply known as medical research. It is the research, applied research, or translational research conducted to aid. An important kind of research is clinical research, which is distinguished by the involvement of patients. Other kinds of research include pre-clinical research, for example on animals. Both clinical and pre-clinical research phases exist in the pharmaceutical industrys drug development pipelines, however, only part of the clinical or pre-clinical research is oriented towards a specific pharmaceutical purpose. The need for fundamental and mechanistic understanding, diagnostics, medical devices, the most basic medical research is a rapidly evolving area that owes much to basic biology and is given names such as Human Biosciences by universities. The increased longevity of humans over the past century can be attributed to advances resulting from medical research. New, beneficial tests and treatments are expected as a result of the Human Genome Project, many challenges remain, however, including the appearance of antibiotic resistance and the obesity epidemic. Most of the research in the field is pursued by scientists, however significant contributions are made by other biologists. Medical research, done on humans, has to follow the medical ethics as sanctioned in the Declaration of Helsinki. In all cases, the research ethics has to be respected, areas tackled in the most fundamental parts of medical research include cellular and molecular biology, medical genetics, immunology, neuroscience, and psychology. Since many organisms share an evolutionary history with humans and hence common features and systems. Pre-clinical research covers research that prepares the ground for research with patients. Typically the work requires no ethical approval, is supervised by people with PhDs rather than medical doctors, the pre-clinical stage of pharmaceutical testing is covered at Phases of clinical research#Pre-clinical studies. Clinical research is carried out with patients and it is generally supervised by doctors in a medical setting such as a hospital and requires ethical approval. The clinical phase of testing is covered here Clinical trial. Research funding in many countries derives from research bodies and private organizations which distribute money for equipment, in the United Kingdom, funding bodies such as the Medical Research Council derive their assets from UK tax payers, and distribute this to institutions in a competitive manner. The Wellcome Trust is the UKs largest non-governmental source of funds for research and provides over £600 million per year in grants to scientists

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Jack Boucher
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Jack E. Boucher was an American photographer for the National Park Service for more than 40 years beginning in 1958. He served as the Chief Photographer for the Historic American Buildings Survey, offered his old job back by the Park Service/HABS in 1970, he left New Jersey to return to NPS/HABS and the highly specialized job of large format photographic architectural documentation. His work took him to 49 States, the Virgin Islands, april 2008 was the fiftieth anniversary of his employment with the National Park Services HABS program. He traveled with 900 pounds of photographic equipment, also wrote a weekly column on conservation and preservation for the Tribune and then the Atlantic City Press for two years. He produced and presented a radio program dealing with conservation and preservation from 1952 to 1953 on WFPG, Atlantic City. He then left the Parkway to work for the National Park Service, in 1963, He became Chief Photographer of the Historic American Building Survey. From 1971 to 1978, Boucher also performed all photography work for the Historic American Engineering Record and he died on September 2,2012, at age 80. Boucher stated “My whole philosophy is, I regard the building I’m doing as the most important one in my life, while reconnoitering camera vantage points to document Fortress El Morro in Old San Juan in 1967, Puerto Rico. Boucher and his wife Peggy were passengers aboard a sailing catamaran that was struck, during the 1990s he produced over 500 large format images of the White House for the Historic American Buildings Survey, some days producing only a single image. A proud possession is a book published by the White House centering on the living quarters illustrated by his work. His copy was personally autographed to him by the President and the First Lady, I vividly remember studying the story of the Belgian Priest Fr. Damien and his labors for 16 years among the lepers while in grade school, I never dreamed I would be able to go there. About 1973 he was one of 36 selected to participate in the European Traveling Summer School for Historic Architecture and it was a seven-week study tour through England, France, the Netherlands and Belgium. American Preservation Magazine published a series of articles in which he wrote and showed photographs of cities in the Soviet Union, Belgium, Hungary. He conceived and oversaw the preservation of Atlantic Citys 1857 Absecon Lighthouse in 1964, in 1952 he personally guided Mike Hudoba, noted outdoors writer on a several day canoe trip through the Warton Forest rivers. He once spoke of a canoe trip to fish for trout in Canadian wilderness a few hundred miles from the Arctic Circle. Navigating the Bersimus River, they were attempting to reach Lake Boucher but were unable to portage around rapids, with more than five decades of public service, he was the creator of tens of thousands of public domain photographs. In 1986 he received the Department of the Interiors Meritorious Service Award and he never accepted private commissions or sold copies of his work

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Austin F. Williams Carriagehouse and House
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The Austin F. Williams Carriagehouse and House is a historic house at 127 Main Street in Farmington, Connecticut. Austin Williams and his wife Jennet Cowles Williams were abolitionists and their property first became important in the Amistad case. When the Mende men who had participated in the revolt on the slave ship La Amistad were released from prison in 1841, Williams purchased this property and erected a dormitory building in which the Mende men could stay while awaiting arrangements for their return to Africa. Williams was friends with Lewis Tappan who was assisting the Africans, the structure that was built is now part of the carriage house. The men did work during this period. In 1842, the Williamss built their Greek revival house, the cellar of the carriage house served as a hiding place for escaping slaves as a part of the Underground Railroad. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1998 and it is located at 127 Main Street in Farmington and is part of the Farmington Historic District. The house is a residence and is not open to the public. Williams Carriagehouse and House, National Park Service

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Shade Swamp Shelter
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Shade Swamp Shelter is a historic rustic shelter on the north side US6, just east of New Britain Avenue in Farmington, Connecticut. It is a modest open post-and-beam log structure, with lattice framing at the corners, the interior floor is flagstone, with a rustic bench built around the perimeter. The shelter, built in 1934, is an example of work by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The shelter was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, National Register of Historic Places listings in Hartford County, Connecticut

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West End Library
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The West End Library, now the Unionville Museum, is a historic library and museum building at 15 School Street in the Unionville village of Farmington, Connecticut. It is a building, with load-bearing brick walls finished in stucco. Its main facade is seven bays wide, with a projecting gable-roofed entry portico in the center bay, the other bays have tall round-arch windows, with small rectangular transom-like windows set above, just below the roofline, with diamond grillwork. The Renaissance style building was designed by New York City architect Edward Tilton, in the 1960s library services moved from the building and in 1984 the building opened as a museum. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000, National Register of Historic Places listings in Hartford County, Connecticut List of Carnegie libraries in Connecticut Unionville Museum - official site

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Farmington High School (Connecticut)
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Farmington High School is a public high school in Farmington, Connecticut serving grades 9-12. In Newsweeks 2005 poll, FHS was ranked #1 in Connecticut and #271 in the nation, FHS offers 21 AP courses, In the class of 2013, 88% of students took the SAT. The mean scores for the class were 552 in critical reading,571 in math, 66% of students compete in one of the 32 interscholastic sports offered. The athletics department also offers over 20 intramural sports. S. in 08, the crew team has also excelled in recent years, ranking 3rd in the state in 2003 and 2nd in 2007. In 2007,2008, and 2009, the team also earned coveted invitations to the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston. In 2006, the volleyball team had a perfect regular season of 18-0. The baseball team won the schools first Northwest Conference championship since 1981, in 2013, the school announced that the athletic department was conducting a campaign to get a turf football field. As of the school year 2014-2015 the Turf field has been in use for multiple uses, football, lacrosse. The FHS mens swim team won the title in the CCC West championships in a three way tie with Hall High School and Conard High School. The womens and mens team has been coached by many successful years of championship wins and state titles by head coach Scott Ferrigno. They coached top division 1 athletes that go on to compete in the NCAA, despite being in different conferences, Farmington has a heated rivalry with Avon High School. Both schools were at a members of the Northwest Conference. FHS now competes in the CCC west division of the athletic programs. So far, the story has been featured on NBC CT, Fox CT, WFSB Channel 3, students three days prior to the boycott met with personnel from Chartwells and the superintendent and the principal, Dr. Silva. In early March 2016, several fans at a Girls basketball game chanted, SAT Scores, SAT Scores at the visiting Capital Prep players, Farmington High School students were reprimanded and the administrators publicly apologized to Capital Prep

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Lockheed U-2
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It provides day and night, high-altitude, all-weather intelligence gathering. The U-2 has also used for electronic sensor research, satellite calibration. Early versions of the U-2 were involved in several events through the Cold War, being flown over the Soviet Union, China, Vietnam, in 1960, Gary Powers was shot down in a CIA U-2A over the Soviet Union by a surface-to-air missile. Another U-2, piloted by Major Rudolf Anderson, Jr. was lost in a fashion during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. The U-2 is one of a handful of types to have served the USAF for over 50 years. The newest models entered service in the 1980s, the current model, the U-2S, received its most recent technical upgrade in 2012. They have taken part in post–Cold War conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, after World War II, the U. S. military desired better strategic aerial reconnaissance to help determine Soviet capabilities and intentions. Richard Leghorn of the USAF suggested that an aircraft that could fly at 60,000 feet should be safe from the MiG-17, the Soviet Unions best interceptor, which could barely reach 45,000 feet. He and others believed that Soviet radar, which used American equipment provided during the war, the highest-flying aircraft available to America and its allies at the time was the English Electric Canberra, which could reach 48,000 feet. Air Research and Development Command mandated design changes made the aircraft more durable for combat. The Soviet Union, unlike the United States and Britain, had improved radar technology after the war and it was thought that an aircraft that could fly at 70,000 feet would be beyond the reach of Soviet fighters, missiles, and radar. Another USAF officer, John Seaberg, wrote a request for proposal in 1953 for an aircraft that could reach 70,000 feet over a target with 1,500 nmi of operational radius. The USAF decided to solicit designs only from smaller companies that could give the project more attention. Under the code name Bald Eagle, it contracts to Bell Aircraft, Martin Aircraft. Officials at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation heard about the project and decided to submit an unsolicited proposal, to save weight and increase altitude, Lockheed executive John Carter suggested that the design eliminate landing gear and avoid attempting to meet combat load factors for the airframe. The company asked Clarence Kelly Johnson to come up such a design. Johnson was Lockheeds best aeronautical engineer, responsible for the P-38 and he was also known for completing projects ahead of schedule, working in a separate division of the company, informally called the Skunk Works. Johnsons design, named CL-282, was based on the Lockheed XF-104 with long, slender wings, the design was powered by the General Electric J73 engine and took off from a special cart and landed on its belly

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Bay of Pigs Invasion
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. Launched from Guatemala and Nicaragua, the force was defeated within three days by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, under the direct command of Prime Minister Fidel Castro. The Presidential coup of 1952 led by General Fulgencio Batista, against President Carlos Prio, President Prios exile was the reason for the 26th July Movement led by Fidel Castro. The movement, which did not succeed until after the Cuban Revolution of December 31,1958, severed the countrys formerly strong links with the US after nationalizing American economic assets. It was after the Cuban Revolution of 1959, that Fidel Castro forged strong links with the Soviet Union, with whom, at the time. US President Dwight D. Eisenhower was very concerned at the direction Castros government was taking, the CIA proceeded to organize the operation with the aid of various Cuban counter-revolutionary forces, training Brigade 2506 in Guatemala. Eisenhowers successor John F. Kennedy approved the invasion plan on 4 April 1961. Over 1,400 paramilitaries, divided into five battalions and one paratrooper battalion. Two days later, on 15 April, eight CIA-supplied B-26 bombers attacked Cuban airfields, on the night of 16 April, the main invasion landed at a beach named Playa Girón in the Bay of Pigs. It initially overwhelmed a local revolutionary militia, the Cuban Armys counter-offensive was led by José Ramón Fernández, before Castro decided to take personal control of the operation. As the US involvement became apparent to the world, Kennedy decided against providing further air cover for the invasion, as a result, the operation only had half the forces the CIA had deemed necessary. The original plan devised during Eisenhowers presidency had required both air and naval support, on 20 April, the invaders surrendered after only three days, with the majority being publicly interrogated and put into Cuban prisons. The failed invasion helped to strengthen the position of Castros leadership, made him a national hero and it also strengthened the relations between Cuba and the Soviet Union. This eventually led to the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, the invasion was a major failure for US foreign policy, Kennedy ordered a number of internal investigations across Latin America. Cuban forces under Castros leadership clashed directly with US forces during the Invasion of Grenada over 20 years later, for centuries, Cuba was home of the Spanish Empire. The US subsequently invaded the island, and forced the Spanish army out, subsequently, large numbers of US settlers and businessmen arrived in Cuba, and by 1905, 60% of rural properties were owned by non-Cuban North Americans. Between 1906 and 1909,5,000 US Marines were stationed across the island, many opponents of the Batista regime took to armed rebellion in an attempt to oust the government, sparking the Cuban Revolution. Another was the Directorio Revolucionario Estudantil, which had been founded by the Federation of University Students President José Antonio Echevarría, however, the best known of these anti-Batista groups was the 26th of July Movement, founded by a lawyer named Fidel Castro

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Nick Bonino
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Nicholas Lawrence Bonino is an American professional ice hockey center for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. He has also played for the Vancouver Canucks and Anaheim Ducks, Bonino was born in Hartford, Connecticut and grew up in Farmington, Connecticut. Bonino began his school career at Farmington High School in Connecticut. He then transferred to Avon Old Farms, playing for legendary coach John Gardner, while at Avon Old Farms, Bonino captained a New England Championship hockey team in 2007. Bonino played his career at Boston University.4 seconds left in the third period to force overtime. Bonino was drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the round, 173rd overall. His rights were traded to the Anaheim Ducks with goaltender Timo Pielmeier in exchange for Travis Moen. On March 21,2010, Bonino signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the Ducks, after signing with Anaheim, he immediately joined the team, making his NHL debut on March 26,2010, in a game against the Edmonton Oilers. He scored his first NHL goal in Anaheims next game, three nights later, against the Dallas Stars, the goal was assisted by Teemu Selänne and he finished the year playing in nine games and registering one goal and one assist with six penalties in minutes. In 2012–13, Bonino scored a hat-trick in his teams 7–4 win over the Los Angeles Kings on February 2,2013, in his first season with the Canucks, Bonino appeared in 75 games, scoring 15 goals along with 24 assists. He scored a goal and had two assists during Vancouvers first round loss to the Calgary Flames in the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs. On July 28,2015, for the time in as many years, Bonino was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins along with Adam Clendening and a 2nd round pick in 2016 for Brandon Sutter. Boninos play in the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs was a significant factor in the Pittsburgh Penguins winning the Stanley Cup as he led the team in assists. Along with his mates, Phil Kessel and Carl Hagelin. In 2014, Bonino married Lauren Cherewyk, a forward of Boston University Woman’s Hockey Team. The couple had a daughter named Maise on January 5,2016, career statistics and player information from NHL. com, or Eliteprospects. com, or Hockey-Reference. com, or The Internet Hockey Database

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Eleanor Roosevelt
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American politician, diplomat, and activist. President Harry S. Truman later called her the First Lady of the World in tribute to her human rights achievements, Roosevelt was a member of the prominent American Roosevelt and Livingston families and a niece of President Theodore Roosevelt. She had a childhood, having suffered the deaths of both parents and one of her brothers at a young age. At 15, she attended Allenwood Academy in London and was influenced by its feminist headmistress Marie Souvestre. Returning to the U. S. she married her fifth cousin once removed, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, though widely respected in her later years, Roosevelt was a controversial First Lady at the time for her outspokenness, particularly her stance on racial issues. On a few occasions, she disagreed with her husbands policies. She launched a community at Arthurdale, West Virginia, for the families of unemployed miners. She advocated for expanded roles for women in the workplace, the rights of African Americans and Asian Americans. Following her husbands death in 1945, Roosevelt remained active in politics for the remaining 17 years of her life and she pressed the United States to join and support the United Nations and became its first delegate. She served as the first chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights, later she chaired the John F. Kennedy administrations Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. By the time of her death, Roosevelt was regarded as one of the most esteemed women in the world, in 1999, she was ranked ninth in the top ten of Gallups List of Most Widely Admired People of the 20th Century. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in 1884 at 56 West 37th Street in Manhattan, New York City, to socialites Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt, from an early age, she preferred to be called by her middle name, Eleanor. Through her father, she was a niece of President Theodore Roosevelt, through her mother, she was a niece of tennis champions Valentine Gill Vallie Hall III and Edward Ludlow Hall. Her mother nicknamed her Granny because she acted in such a manner as a child. Her mother was somewhat ashamed of Eleanors plainness. Eleanor had two brothers, Elliott Jr. and Gracie Hall Roosevelt, usually called Hall. She also had a brother, Elliott Roosevelt Mann, through her fathers affair with Katy Mann. Roosevelt was born into a world of wealth and privilege

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Ron Francis
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Ronald Michael Francis Jr. is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre and the current general manager of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League. Drafted fourth overall in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, Francis played 23 seasons in the NHL for the Hartford Whalers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Carolina Hurricanes and Toronto Maple Leafs. In 2014, Francis was named as the manager for the Hurricanes, replacing Jim Rutherford. Two years before, Francis had become a minority owner of the team as part of the investor group. Francis was drafted by the Hartford Whalers in the first round, fourth overall and he was a model of consistency and durability, averaging more than a point a game in over 1,700 games in 23 seasons, and averaging just under 77 games played a season. His three Lady Byng Trophies attest to his conduct on and off the ice. Francis stands second all-time in career assists behind Wayne Gretzky with 1,249, fourth in points, third in games played. On January 27,2017, in a ceremony during the All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles, Francis played almost ten seasons with the Whalers, serving as captain for almost six and setting nearly every offensive record in franchise history. He was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins on March 4,1991 with Ulf Samuelsson and Grant Jennings, in exchange for Jeff Parker, Zarley Zalapski, and John Cullen. The trade became a coup for Pittsburgh, where he centred a formidable second line behind Mario Lemieux, Francis would spend seven seasons in Pittsburgh, captaining the team twice, and becoming the first Penguin to win the Selke Trophy in 1995. Francis returned to his organization as a free agent for 1998–99. He spent the next 5.5 seasons padding his franchise records and he still ranks first all-time in Whalers/Hurricanes history in points, goals, assists and games played. At the time of his retirement, his 1,175 points were more than double those of then-runner up Kevin Dineen. Francis finished his career with a stint with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He retired from the NHL before the 2005–06 season and assumed a position with the Raleigh Youth Hockey Association, in June 2011, Francis assumed the position of director of hockey operations with the Carolina Hurricanes before later being named general manager of the team in 2014. Francis is married to the former Mary Lou Robie, a native of Stamford and they married in 1986 and have three children, Kaitlyn, Michael, and Connor. Francis is considered a sports figure in Hartford, Pittsburgh and Raleigh respectively. Francis also has the distinction of being the first ice hockey player inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, Francis was born in Sault Ste

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Kevin Galvin
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Kevin Galvin is a Connecticut-based business activist. Galvin participated in the health care reform debate that culminated in the passage and signing of the Patient Protection. He and his coalition also played a role in the passage of Connecticut’s SustiNet health care plan in 2009. Galvin was born and raised in West Hartford, Connecticut and he attended Conard High School and now resides in Farmington, Connecticut. He has been a business owner since 1972. He spent 15 years promoting professional motor sports in the continental United States, Hawaii, Canada, later, he managed, then purchased, a hardware store and founded a handyman business in West Hartford. Galvin is now owner of the West Hartford-based Connecticut Commercial Maintenance and he is a past president of the West Hartford Chamber of Commerce. Galvin and his wife have two children, Galvin was a leader in organizing West Hartford community members in support of smart growth and long-term economic development in the 1990s. In February 2009 Galvin collaborated with small business owners to organize a coalition of thousands of small companies known as the Small Businesses for Health Care Reform. Galvin testified before the Connecticut General Assembly on multiple occasions in support of SustiNet, in the course of the national health care reform debate, Senator Dodd made two presentations on the floor of the United States Senate based on Galvin’s story. At the White House Health Care Summit on February 25,2010, Dodd said and he went out in my state of Connecticut and organized small businesses. In June 2009 Galvin was honored by the Connecticut General Assembly for his Commitment to improving health care, on behalf of thousands of entrepreneurs and families across Connecticut who struggle with health care costs, access and quality. Healthcare4every1 Campaign Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut

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New England Patriots
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The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston region. The Patriots compete in the National Football League as a club of the leagues American Football Conference East division. The Patriots are also headquartered at Gillette Stadium, an original member of the American Football League, the Patriots joined the NFL in the 1970 merger of the two leagues. The team changed its name from the original Boston Patriots after relocating to Foxborough in 1971, the Patriots played their home games at Foxboro Stadium from 1971 to 2001, then moved to Gillette Stadium at the start of the 2002 season. The Patriots rivalry with the New York Jets is considered one of the most bitter rivalries in the NFL. The Patriots have appeared in the Super Bowl nine times in franchise history, the Patriots have since become one of the most successful teams in NFL history, winning 14 AFC East titles in 16 seasons since 2001, without a losing season in that period. The team owns the record for most Super Bowls reached and won by a head coach–quarterback tandem, the Patriots are tied with the 49ers and Cowboys for the second most Super Bowl wins with five. The Steelers are in front with six, however, the Patriots are the only team to win five Super Bowls with the same coach and quarterback. On November 16,1959, Boston business executive Billy Sullivan was awarded the eighth, the following winter, locals were allowed to submit ideas for the Boston football teams official name. The most popular choice – and the one that Sullivan selected – was the Boston Patriots, immediately thereafter, artist Phil Bissell of The Boston Globe developed the Pat Patriot logo. The Patriots struggled for most of their years in the AFL, nickerson Field, Harvard Stadium, Fenway Park, and Alumni Stadium all served as home fields during their time in the American Football League. They played in only one AFL championship game, following the 1963 season and they did not appear again in an AFL or NFL post-season game for another 13 years. When the NFL and AFL merged in 1970, the Patriots were placed in the American Football Conference East division, the following year, the Patriots moved to a new stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, which would serve as their home for the next 30 years. As a result of the move, they announced they would change their name from the Boston Patriots to the Bay State Patriots, the name was rejected by the NFL and on March 22,1971, the team officially announced they would change its geographic name to New England. During the 1970s, the Patriots had some success, earning a berth to the playoffs in 1976—as a wild card team—and in 1978—as AFC East champions and they lost in the first round both times. In 1985, they returned to the playoffs, and made it all the way to Super Bowl XX, following their Super Bowl loss, they returned to the playoffs in 1986, but lost in the first round. The team would not make the playoffs again for eight more years, during the 1990 season, the Patriots went 1–15. They changed ownership three times in the ensuing 14 years, being purchased from the Sullivan family first by Victor Kiam in 1988, who sold the team to James Orthwein in 1992

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Chauncey Langdon
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Chauncey Langdon was an American politician, lawyer and judge. He served as a United States Representative from Vermont, Langdon was born to Ebenezer and Katherine Langdon in Farmington, Connecticut. Pursuing classical studies, he graduated from Yale College in 1787 and he then studied at the Litchfield Law School and with Judge Sylvester Gilbert, of Hebron, Connecticut, and was admitted to the bar. He began the practice of law in Castleton, Vermont and he practiced law in Windsor, but later returned to Castleton. He served as the Rutland County Register of Probate from 1792 to 1794, in 1796 and he was Judge of Probate in 1798 and 1799. In 1808 he served on the state Executive Council and he received an honorary degree at Middlebury Collegein Vermont in 1803 and was a trustee from 1811 until his death. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1813,1814,1817,1819,1820, Langdon was elected as a Federalist to the Fourteenth Congress, serving from March 4,1815 until March 3,1817. He was not a candidate for renomination to the Fifteenth Congress and he was again elected to the Executive Council and served from 1823 until his death. He married Lucy Nona Lathrop Langdon on April 7,1789 and they had one son, Benjamin Franklin Langdon, and one daughter, Lucy Green Langdon Williams, who married Governor Charles K. Williams. Langdon died in Castleton on July 23,1830 and he is interred in Castletons Congregational Cemetery. He was also an officer of the Vermont Bible Society, biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Litchfield Historical Society Chauncey Langdon Chauncey Langdon at Find a Grave The Political Graveyard

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Vermont
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Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It borders the other U. S. states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. Lake Champlain forms half of Vermonts western border with the state of New York, Vermont is the 2nd-least populous of the U. S. states, with nearly 50,000 more residents than Wyoming. The capital is Montpelier, the least populous state capital in the U. S, the most populous municipality, Burlington, is the least populous city in the U. S. to be the most populous within a state. As of 2015, Vermont continued to be the producer of maple syrup in the U. S. It was ranked as the safest state in the country in January 2016, for thousands of years inhabited by indigenous peoples, including the Algonquian-speaking Abenaki and Mohawk, much of the territory that is now Vermont was claimed by Frances colony of New France. France ceded the territory to Great Britain after being defeated in 1763 in the Seven Years War, for many years, the nearby colonies, especially the provinces of New Hampshire and New York, disputed control of the area. Settlers who held land titles granted by New York were opposed by the Green Mountain Boys militia, ultimately, those settlers prevailed in creating an independent state, the Vermont Republic. Founded in 1777 during the American Revolutionary War, the republic lasted for 14 years, aside from the original 13 states that were formerly colonies, Vermont is one of only four U. S. states that were previously sovereign states. Vermont was also the first state to join the U. S. as its 14th member state after the original 13, while still an independent republic, Vermont was the first of any future U. S. state to partially abolish slavery. It played an important geographic role in the Underground Railroad, Vermont is located in the New England region of the northeastern United States and comprises 9,614 square miles, making it the 45th-largest state. It is the state that does not have any buildings taller than 124 feet. Land comprises 9,250 square miles and water comprises 365 square miles, making it the 43rd-largest in land area, in total area, it is larger than El Salvador and smaller than Haiti. The west bank of the Connecticut River marks the eastern border with New Hampshire. 41% of Vermonts land area is part of the Connecticut Rivers watershed, Lake Champlain, the major lake in Vermont, is the sixth-largest body of fresh water in the United States and separates Vermont from New York in the northwest portion of the state. From north to south, Vermont is 159 miles long and its greatest width, from east to west, is 89 miles at the Canada–U. S. Border, the narrowest width is 37 miles at the Massachusetts line, the states geographic center is approximately three miles east of Roxbury, in Washington County. There are fifteen U. S. federal border crossings between Vermont and Canada, the origin of the name Vermont is uncertain, but likely comes from the French les Verts Monts, meaning the Green Mountains

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Hill-Stead
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The Hill–Stead Museum is a Colonial Revival house and art museum set on a large estate at 35 Mountain Road in Farmington, Connecticut. It is best known for its French Impressionist masterpieces, architecture, the house was built for Riddles father, Alfred Atmore Pope, and the art collection it houses was collected by Pope and Riddle. Hill–Stead was created on 250 acres as an estate for wealthy industrialist Alfred Atmore Pope. Egerton Swartwout of the architectural firm McKim, Mead, and White translated her design into a working site plan. Theodate inherited the house after her parents deaths, and prior to her own passing in 1946 willed Hill–Stead Museum as a memorial to her parents and for the benefit and enjoyment of the public. She directed that both the house and its contents intact, not to be moved, lent, or sold. Hill–Stead comprises 152 acres, the balance having been sold off during the first years of the museums operation. Buildings which remain part of the property include the Pope-Riddle House itself, an 18th-century farm house, a garage with an Arts and Crafts theater. Today,19 rooms of the house are open to visitors, remaining as it was at the time of Theodates death, the house is extensively furnished with paintings, prints, objets dart, and fine furniture and rugs. Hill–Steads grounds were designed in consultation with landscape architect Warren H. Manning and feature a lawn with ha-ha and slate walkway, artificial pond. Around 1920, landscape gardener Beatrix Farrand redesigned the estates Sunken Garden at Theodates request, due to the wartime labor shortage experienced during the 1940s, the garden grassed over leaving only the summerhouse in place. Though it was replanted in time, it was not until the 1980s that the Sunken Garden was restored to exhibit Farrands original plan, Hill–Stead was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1991. List of National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut National Register of Historic Places listings in Hartford County, Connecticut Hill–Stead, An Illustrated Museum Guide

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Business Administration
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Business administration is management of a business. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising business operations, in general, administration refers to the broader management function, including the associated finance, personnel and MIS services. Alternatively, administration can refer to the bureaucratic or operational performance of routine tasks, usually internally oriented. Administrators, broadly speaking, engage in a set of functions to meet the organizations goals. These functions of the administrator were described by Henri Fayol as the five elements of administration, sometimes creating output, which includes all of the processes that create the product that the business sells, is added as a sixth element. A business administrator oversees a business and its operations, the job is to ensure that the business meets its goals and is properly organized and managed. When organizational changes are necessary, a person in this usually leads the way as well. In some cases, the person who starts or owns the business serves as its administrator, when a person has the title of business administrator, they are essentially the manager of the company and its other managers. The person oversees those in positions to ensure that they follow company policies. Additionally, they interact with people outside the company, such as business partners and vendors. The Bachelor of Business Administration is a degree in commerce. The degree is designed to give a broad knowledge of the aspects of a company and their interconnection. The degree also develops the students practical, managerial and communication skills, many programs incorporate training and practical experience, in the form of case projects, presentations, internships, industrial visits, and interaction with experts from industry. The Master of Business Administration is a degree in business administration. The MBA degree originated in the United States in the early 20th century when the country industrialized, most programs also include elective courses. The MBA is a degree and a professional degree. Accreditation bodies specifically for MBA programs ensure consistency and quality of education, Business schools in many countries offer programs tailored to full-time, part-time, executive, and distance learning students, many with concentrations. PhD in management is the highest academic degree awarded in the study of management science, the degree was designed for those seeking academic research and teaching careers as faculty or professors in the study of management at business schools worldwide

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Kristen Taekman
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The Real Housewives of New York City is an American reality television series that premiered on March 4,2008 on Bravo. The series originally focused on LuAnn de Lesseps, Bethenny Frankel, Alex McCord, Ramona Singer, the cast currently consists of DAgostino, Frankel, Singer, Sonja Morgan, Carole Radziwill, Dorinda Medley and Tinsley Mortimer. The remaining housewives joined in later seasons, Morgan in the third, Radziwill in the fifth, Medley in the seventh, other housewives include Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Cindy Barshop, Aviva Drescher, Heather Thomson, Kristen Taekman, and Jules Wainstein. While in pre-production, the show was initially titled Manhattan Moms, the first season premiered on March 4,2008, and starred LuAnn de Lesseps, Bethenny Frankel, Alex McCord, Ramona Singer and Jill Zarin. Despite the series title, most of the women featured were not housewives, Frankel and Singer owned their own businesses, McCord and Zarin also had careers outside their home. Kelly Killoren Bensimon was added to the cast for the second season, Sonja Morgan was added to the cast during the third season, along with Jennifer Gilbert in a recurring capacity. In September 2010, the season began filming with entrepreneur Cindy Barshop as Frankels replacement. Citing production issues, Bravo pushed the Season 4 premiere back until April 7,2011, while the sans-Frankel ensemble held steady in the ratings, the network had grown unhappy with much of the cast. Original stars Alex McCord and Jill Zarin, as well as Kelly Killoren Bensimon, in April 2012, Bravo announced that the show would be revamped for the upcoming fifth season. The Real Housewives of New York City returned on June 4,2012, with original cast members Singer and De Lesseps, as well as season-three recruit Sonja Morgan, as the veteran cast members. Stay-at-home mom Aviva Drescher, journalist/author Carole Radziwill, and entrepreneur Heather Thomson were introduced as the new Housewives, the series was officially renewed for a sixth season on April 2,2013. Production was set to begin on May 8,2013, Morgan, Radziwill, Thomson and Singer rejoined the series on May 9,2013, while Drescher signed her contract on May 24,2013. LuAnn de Lesseps agreed to the new contract on May 28,2013 and it was announced that model Kristen Taekman would join the cast. It was announced in January 2014 that The Real Housewives of New York City would return for its season on March 11,2014. Kristen Taekman ended up being a replacement for De Lesseps, who was demoted to a recurring role, after two years, Drescher was dismissed from the series after the conclusion of the sixth season. In October 2014, it was announced that Bethenny Frankel was filming with the cast and this brought the cast to eight full-time Housewives, becoming the largest ensemble in the history of the franchise. The seventh season premiered on April 7,2015, as former housewife Kelly Killoren Bensimon had done in seasons six and seven, it was announced Heather Thomson would make a guest appearance. The eighth season premiered on April 6,2016, on September 19,2016, Wainstein confirmed that she would not be returning for the ninth season to focus on her children amidst her divorce proceedings

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The Real Housewives of New York City
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The Real Housewives of New York City is an American reality television series that premiered on March 4,2008 on Bravo. The series originally focused on LuAnn de Lesseps, Bethenny Frankel, Alex McCord, Ramona Singer, the cast currently consists of DAgostino, Frankel, Singer, Sonja Morgan, Carole Radziwill, Dorinda Medley and Tinsley Mortimer. The remaining housewives joined in later seasons, Morgan in the third, Radziwill in the fifth, Medley in the seventh, other housewives include Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Cindy Barshop, Aviva Drescher, Heather Thomson, Kristen Taekman, and Jules Wainstein. While in pre-production, the show was initially titled Manhattan Moms, the first season premiered on March 4,2008, and starred LuAnn de Lesseps, Bethenny Frankel, Alex McCord, Ramona Singer and Jill Zarin. Despite the series title, most of the women featured were not housewives, Frankel and Singer owned their own businesses, McCord and Zarin also had careers outside their home. Kelly Killoren Bensimon was added to the cast for the second season, Sonja Morgan was added to the cast during the third season, along with Jennifer Gilbert in a recurring capacity. In September 2010, the season began filming with entrepreneur Cindy Barshop as Frankels replacement. Citing production issues, Bravo pushed the Season 4 premiere back until April 7,2011, while the sans-Frankel ensemble held steady in the ratings, the network had grown unhappy with much of the cast. Original stars Alex McCord and Jill Zarin, as well as Kelly Killoren Bensimon, in April 2012, Bravo announced that the show would be revamped for the upcoming fifth season. The Real Housewives of New York City returned on June 4,2012, with original cast members Singer and De Lesseps, as well as season-three recruit Sonja Morgan, as the veteran cast members. Stay-at-home mom Aviva Drescher, journalist/author Carole Radziwill, and entrepreneur Heather Thomson were introduced as the new Housewives, the series was officially renewed for a sixth season on April 2,2013. Production was set to begin on May 8,2013, Morgan, Radziwill, Thomson and Singer rejoined the series on May 9,2013, while Drescher signed her contract on May 24,2013. LuAnn de Lesseps agreed to the new contract on May 28,2013 and it was announced that model Kristen Taekman would join the cast. It was announced in January 2014 that The Real Housewives of New York City would return for its season on March 11,2014. Kristen Taekman ended up being a replacement for De Lesseps, who was demoted to a recurring role, after two years, Drescher was dismissed from the series after the conclusion of the sixth season. In October 2014, it was announced that Bethenny Frankel was filming with the cast and this brought the cast to eight full-time Housewives, becoming the largest ensemble in the history of the franchise. The seventh season premiered on April 7,2015, as former housewife Kelly Killoren Bensimon had done in seasons six and seven, it was announced Heather Thomson would make a guest appearance. The eighth season premiered on April 6,2016, on September 19,2016, Wainstein confirmed that she would not be returning for the ninth season to focus on her children amidst her divorce proceedings

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The cast of seventh season, from left to right: Morgan, Lesseps, Frankel, Radziwill, Singer, Medley, Taekman and Thomson.

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John Treadwell
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John Treadwell was an American politician and the 21st Governor of Connecticut. Treadwell was born in Farmington, Connecticut the only son of Ephraim and Mary Treadwell and he graduated from Yale University in 1767. He then studied law with Judge Titus Hosmer in Middletown, was admitted to the bar, on November 20,1770, John Treadwell married Dorothy Pomroy, of Northampton, Massachusetts. They had four daughters, Dolle 1st, who died at just three years of age, Dolle 2nd, Eunice, and Mary, and two sons, George and John, Treadwell served as a member of the General Assembly from 1776 to 1783. He was then elevated to the governors council and he held that position until 1783. He was elected to the Confederation Congress in 1784,1785, and 1787 and he was a member of Connecticut council of assistants from 1786 to 1798. From 1786 to 1797 he served as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in 1788 he was a Delegate to the state convention that ratified the US Constitution. In 1789 Treadwell became Judge of the Probate Court and the Supreme Court of Errors and he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1805. In 1798, Treadwell was elected the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, jonathan Trumbull, the Governor of Connecticut, died in office on August 7,1809. Treadwell, lieutenant governor at the time, assumed the governors office and he was elected by popular vote on April 9,1810, to the governorship. Treadwell left office on May 9,1811 after an unsuccessful re-election bid, in 1814-15 he was a Connecticut delegate to the Hartford Convention. He was a member of the 1818 Constitutional Convention and also served on the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Treadwell, a Congregationalist, died in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, on August 18,1823. He is interred at Farmington Old Cemetery and he was a founder of the Connecticut Missionary Society. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978, biographical Directory of the United States Congress. John Treadwell at Find a Grave

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Mike Tyson
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Michael Gerard Mike Tyson is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. He held the world heavyweight championship and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight titles at 20 years,4 months. Tyson won his first 19 professional fights by knockout,12 of them in the first round and he won the WBC title in 1986 after stopping Trevor Berbick in two rounds. In 1987, Tyson added the WBA and IBF titles after defeating James Smith and this made him the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC, and IBF titles, and the only heavyweight to successively unify them. In 1988, Tyson became the champion when he knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds of the first round. Tyson successfully defended the heavyweight championship nine times, including victories over Larry Holmes. In 1990, he lost his titles to underdog Buster Douglas, attempting to regain the titles, Tyson defeated Donovan Ruddock twice in 1991, but pulled out of a fight with then-undisputed heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield due to a rib injury. In 1992, Tyson was convicted of rape and sentenced to six years in prison, after his release in 1995, he engaged in a series of comeback fights. He won the WBC and WBA titles in 1996, after defeating Frank Bruno, after being stripped of the WBC title in the same year, Tyson lost the WBA title to Evander Holyfield by an eleventh-round stoppage. Their infamous 1997 rematch ended when Tyson was disqualified for biting Holyfields ears, in 2002, Tyson fought for the world heavyweight title at the age of 35, losing by knockout to Lennox Lewis. Tyson retired from boxing in 2006, after being knocked out in consecutive matches against Danny Williams. Tyson declared bankruptcy in 2003, despite having received over $30 million for several of his fights, at the time it was reported that he had approximately $23 million of debt. Tyson was well known for his ferocious and intimidating boxing style as well as his controversial behavior inside and outside the ring. Nicknamed Iron, and Kid Dynamite in his career, and later known as The Baddest Man on the Planet. He was ranked No.16 on The Rings list of 100 greatest punchers of all time, sky Sports rated him as the scariest boxer ever, and described him as perhaps the most ferocious fighter to step into a professional ring. He has been inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, Tyson was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 30,1966. He has a brother named Rodney and had an elder sister named Denise. Tysons biological father is listed as Purcell Tyson on his birth certificate, Kirkpatrick was from Grier Town, North Carolina, where he was one of the neighborhoods top baseball players

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Tyson at SXSW, 2011
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The Lewis -Tyson fight that took place on June 8, 2002, was one of the most anticipated heavyweight fights in years.
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Tyson in the ring at Las Vegas in October 2006
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Wilford Woodruff
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Wilford Woodruff Sr. was an American religious leader who served as the fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1889 until his death. Woodruff was known as a religious man, but was also enthusiastically involved in the social. He was an outdoorsman, enjoying fishing and hunting. Woodruff learned to fly fish in England, and his 1847 journal account of his fishing in the East Fork River is the earliest known account of fly fishing west of the Mississippi River. As an adult, Woodruff was a farmer, horticulturist and stockman by trade, Woodruff was one of nine children born to Bulah Thompson and Aphek Woodruff, a miller working in Farmington, Connecticut. Wilfords mother Bulah Thompson died of spotted fever in 1808 at the age of 26 and he was raised by his step-mother Azubah Hart. As a young man, Woodruff worked at a sawmill and a mill owned by his father. Woodruff joined the Latter Day Saint church on December 31,1833, at that time, the church numbered only a few thousand believers clustered around Kirtland, Ohio. On January 13,1835, Woodruff left Kirtland on his first full-time mission, preaching without purse or scrip in Arkansas, like many early Latter Day Saints, Woodruff practiced plural marriage. He was married to nine women, however, not all of these marriages were concurrent and his wives, Phoebe Whittemore Carter, m. April 13,1837 Mary Ann Jackson, m, aug 2,1846 Sarah Elinor Brown, m. Aug 2,1846 Mary Caroline Barton, m, aug 2,1846 Mary Meek Giles Webster m. March 28,1852 Emma Smith m, March 13,1853 Sarah Brown, m. March 13,1853 Sarah Delight Stocking m, July 31,1857 Eudora Young Dunford m. March 10,1877 Woodruffs wives bore him a total of 34 children, Woodruff met his first wife, Phoebe Carter, in Kirtland shortly after his return from his first mission through Southern Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky. Woodruff came to Kirtland on November 25,1836, along with Abraham O. Smoot and he was introduced to Phoebe by Milton Holmes on January 28,1837. She was a native of Maine and had become a Latter Day Saint in 1834, Woodruff and Phoebe were married on April 13,1837, with the ceremony performed by Frederick G. Williams. Their marriage was sealed in Nauvoo by Hyrum Smith

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President of the Church (LDS Church)
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In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the President of the Church is the highest office of the church. It was the held by Joseph Smith, founder of the church. The President of the LDS Church is the leader and the head of the First Presidency. Latter-day Saints consider the president of the church to be a prophet, seer, and revelator, and refer to him as the Prophet, when the name of the president is used by adherents, it is usually prefaced by the title President. The President of the Church serves as the head of both the Council on the Disposition of the Tithes and the Council of the Church, the President of the Church also serves as the ex officio chairman of the Church Boards of Trustees/Education. The concept that the Church of Christ would have a single presiding officer arose in late 1831, initially, after the churchs formation on April 6,1830, Joseph Smith referred to himself as an apostle of Jesus Christ, and elder of the church. However, there was another apostle—Oliver Cowdery—and several other elders of the church, for he receiveth them even as Moses. This established Smiths exclusive right to lead the church, in early June 1831, Smith was ordained to the high priesthood, along with twenty-two other men, including prominent figures in the church such as Hyrum Smith, Parley P. Pratt, and Martin Harris. As high priests, these men were higher in the hierarchy than the elders of the church. However, it was unclear whether Smiths and Cowderys callings as apostles gave them superior authority to that of other high priests. And again the duty of the President of the priesthood is to preside over the whole church. Smith was ordained to this position and sustained by the church on January 25,1832, at a conference in Amherst, in 1835, the Articles and Covenants of the Church of Christ were revised, changing the phrase an. Elder of the church to the first elder of this Church, thus, subsequent to 1835, Smith was sometimes referred to as the First Elder of the church. The 1835 revision also added a verse referring to the office of president of the high priesthood, in 1844, while in jail awaiting trial for treason charges, Joseph Smith was killed by an armed mob. Hyrum Smith, his successor, was killed in the same incident. Smith had not indisputably established who was next in line as successor to President of the Church, several claimants to the role of church president emerged during the succession crisis that ensued. Young would not be ordained President of the Church until December 1847, thomas S. Monson is the 16th and current President of the LDS Church. As president, Monson is considered by adherents of the religion to be a prophet, seer, a printer by trade, Monson has spent most of his life engaged in various church leadership positions and in public service

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Eli Todd
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Dr. Eli Todd was a pioneer in the treatment of the mentally ill. Eli Todd was born in 1769 in New Haven, Connecticut and he had two sisters, named Polly and Eunice. His mother was Mary Rowe, and his father, a New Haven merchant, died in 1776 and he was then sent to live with his great uncle, Reverend Dr. Todd, who resided in East Guilford, in the same state. He began to attend Yale University at the age of fourteen in 1783 and his graduation was a significant milestone in his medical career. He studied medicine as an apprentice under Dr. Ebenezer Beardsley of New Haven and he soon became the favorite practitioner of the wealthy class in the community. He used gentle treatment methods as opposed to the harsh remedies commonly used at that time, Todd was 23 years old when he established Hospital Rock on Rattlesnake Mountain. He helped found the Hartford County and Connecticut Medical Societies, and was later a member of the Conversation Club and he also founded the Society of Medical Friends in Farmington, where doctors from around Connecticut could share treatments and discuss opinions. In 1791, working with Dr. Theodore Wadsworth, Todd gained permission to start a hospital near the present-day Farmington/Plainville border for smallpox inoculation. The facility, commonly called Hospital Rock, is deep in the second-growth hardwood forest of Rattlesnake Mountain in Connecticut and was used from 1792-1794. Though the building is no longer present, the rock ledge upon which patients would socialize remains. It was this rock that lent the facility its name, at this location, they could also receive mail and various packages. The actual rock has been marked with over 100 distinct carvings,66 of which are the names of contemporary patients. Other carvings include initials, names, and dates, prior to widespread vaccination, the treatment at Hospital Rock was extremely important. Hospital Rock was no longer needed when the smallpox vaccination was available, Todd was a pioneer doctor in the field of psychiatry. At the time, treatment of the ill was typically inhumane, “A mentally ill patient was locked up in an insane asylum with little or no care. Prior to 1800, it was common for people deemed mad to be locked away, some individuals, such as Todd and Dorothea Dix wanted more humane care for the mentally ill as they were appalled at the treatment of such people. The Connecticut Retreat for the Insane was built in 1823, and was opened to admissions in 1824, Eli Todd was its first director. It was often referred to as the Hartford Retreat for the Insane, the Hartford Retreat for the Insane cost $12,000 to build and could serve up to 40 patients at a time

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The New York Times
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The New York Times is an American daily newspaper, founded and continuously published in New York City since September 18,1851, by The New York Times Company. The New York Times has won 119 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper, the papers print version in 2013 had the second-largest circulation, behind The Wall Street Journal, and the largest circulation among the metropolitan newspapers in the US. The New York Times is ranked 18th in the world by circulation, following industry trends, its weekday circulation had fallen in 2009 to fewer than one million. Nicknamed The Gray Lady, The New York Times has long been regarded within the industry as a newspaper of record. The New York Times international version, formerly the International Herald Tribune, is now called the New York Times International Edition, the papers motto, All the News Thats Fit to Print, appears in the upper left-hand corner of the front page. On Sunday, The New York Times is supplemented by the Sunday Review, The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine and T, some other early investors of the company were Edwin B. Morgan and Edward B. We do not believe that everything in Society is either right or exactly wrong, —what is good we desire to preserve and improve, —what is evil, to exterminate. In 1852, the started a western division, The Times of California that arrived whenever a mail boat got to California. However, when local California newspapers came into prominence, the effort failed, the newspaper shortened its name to The New-York Times in 1857. It dropped the hyphen in the city name in the 1890s, One of the earliest public controversies it was involved with was the Mortara Affair, the subject of twenty editorials it published alone. At Newspaper Row, across from City Hall, Henry Raymond, owner and editor of The New York Times, averted the rioters with Gatling guns, in 1869, Raymond died, and George Jones took over as publisher. Tweed offered The New York Times five million dollars to not publish the story, in the 1880s, The New York Times transitioned gradually from editorially supporting Republican Party candidates to becoming more politically independent and analytical. In 1884, the paper supported Democrat Grover Cleveland in his first presidential campaign, while this move cost The New York Times readership among its more progressive and Republican readers, the paper eventually regained most of its lost ground within a few years. However, the newspaper was financially crippled by the Panic of 1893, the paper slowly acquired a reputation for even-handedness and accurate modern reporting, especially by the 1890s under the guidance of Ochs. Under Ochs guidance, continuing and expanding upon the Henry Raymond tradition, The New York Times achieved international scope, circulation, in 1910, the first air delivery of The New York Times to Philadelphia began. The New York Times first trans-Atlantic delivery by air to London occurred in 1919 by dirigible, airplane Edition was sent by plane to Chicago so it could be in the hands of Republican convention delegates by evening. In the 1940s, the extended its breadth and reach. The crossword began appearing regularly in 1942, and the section in 1946

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Cover of The New York Times (November 15, 2012), with the headline story reporting on Operation Pillar of Defense.
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First published issue of New-York Daily Times, on September 18, 1851.
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The Times Square Building, The New York Times ‍ '​ publishing headquarters, 1913–2007
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The New York Times newsroom, 1942

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The New York Times Company
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The New York Times Company is an American media company which publishes its namesake, The New York Times. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. has served as chairman since 1997 and it is headquartered in Manhattan, New York. The company was founded by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones in New York City, the company moved into the cable channel industry purchasing a 40% interest in the Popcorn Channel, a theatrical movie preview and local movie times, in November 1994. The company completed its purchase of The Washington Posts 50 percent interest in the International Herald Tribune for US$65 million on January 1,2003, on March 18,2005, the company acquired About. com, an online provider of consumer information for US$410 million. In 2005, the company reported revenues of US$3.4 billion to its investors, the Times, on August 25,2006, acquired Baseline StudioSystems, an online database and research service on the film and television industries for US$35 million. The company announced that it had finalized the sale of its Broadcast Media Group on May 7,2007, for approximately $575 million. On July 14,2009, the announced that WQXR was to be sold to WNYC. This US$45 million transaction, which involved Univision Radios WCAA moving to the 96.3 FM frequency from 105.9 FM, ended the Times 65-year-long ownership of the station. On December 27,2011, The Boston Globe reported that the company would sell its Regional Media Group to Halifax Media Holdings LLC, owners of The Daytona Beach News-Journal, the Boston Globe and The Telegram & Gazette of Worcester were not part of the sale. In 2011, the Times sold Baseline StudioSystems back to its owners, Laurie S. Silvers and Mitchell Rubenstein. Facing falling revenue from print advertising in its publication in 2011, The New York Times. As of 2012, it has been successful, garnering several hundred thousand subscriptions. In 2013, the New York Times Company sold The Boston Globe and other New England media properties to John W. Henry, according to the Times Company, the move was made in order to focus more on its core brands. Alongside its namesake newspaper, the company owns the International New York Times. Since 1967, the company has listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol NYT. In 2015, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim became the top New York Times stockholder, at the April 2005 board meeting, Class B shareholders elected nine of the fourteen directors of the company. The company sponsors a series of national and local awards designed to highlight the achievements of individuals, in 2007, it inaugurated its first Nonprofit Excellence Award, awarded to four organizations for the excellence of their management practices. Only nonprofits in New York City, Long Island, or Westchester were eligible, jointly with the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the American Library Association, The New York Times Company sponsors an award to honor librarians for service to their communities

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Elections in Connecticut
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Some type of election in Connecticut occurs annually in each of the state’s cities and towns, the exact type of which is dependent on the year. Elections for federal and statewide offices occur in even-numbered years, while municipal elections occur in odd-numbered ones, president, The state of Connecticut is currently apportioned seven United States Electoral College members in presidential elections. In the 2012 election, Barack Obama received the majority of votes cast for president in the state, United States Senate, As with all U. S. states, Connecticut elects two members to the United States Senate. The current senators elected from Connecticut are Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, the most recent U. S. Senate election in the state occurred on November 6,2012. United States House of Representatives, Connecticut currently has five congressional districts, the incumbent five are all members of the Democratic Party. The most recent congressional elections took place in the state on November 6,2012, Governor and Lieutenant Governor, The governor and lieutenant governor are elected to four-year terms in the next even-year election cycle that follows a presidential election. The governor and lieutenant governor are elected on the ballot line. The current governor of Connecticut is Dan Malloy, a Democrat who took office in 2011, the most recent election for these offices occurred on November 4,2014. Constitutional Officers, The Constitutional Officers of the state are composed of the state Attorney General, Secretary of the State, Comptroller, all are elected to four-year terms in the same cycle as gubernatorial elections. The incumbent four officers are all members of the Democratic Party, General Assembly, The Connecticut General Assembly is the state’s bicameral state legislature. It is composed of two houses, Connecticut Senate, The Connecticut Senate is the house of the state legislature. There are 36 senatorial districts in the state, each of which one member to the Senate. The full Senate is up for every two years. The most recent election was held on November 6,2012, Connecticut House of Representatives, The Connecticut House of Representatives is the lower house of the state legislature. There are 151 assembly districts in the state, each of which one member to the House. The full House is up for every two years. The most recent election was held on November 6,2012, others Judges of Probate, Judges of Probate are the only elected members of the judicial branch of government in Connecticut. Judges hold office for a period of four years, their election held at the time as gubernatorial elections

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History of Connecticut
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The U. S. state of Connecticut began as three distinct settlements of Puritans from Massachusetts and England, they combined under a single royal charter in 1663. Known as the land of steady habits for its political, social and religious conservatism, the Congregational and Unitarian churches became prominent here. Connecticut played a role in the American Revolution, and became a bastion of the conservative, business-oriented. The word Connecticut is a French corruption of the Native American word quinetucket, Reverend Thomas Hooker and the Rev. Samuel Stone led a group of about 100 who, in 1636, founded the settlement of Hartford, named for Stones place of birth, Hertford, in England. Called today the Father of Connecticut, Thomas Hooker was a figure in the early development of colonial New England. The state took a role in the industrial revolution of the United States. Many Yankees left the farms to migrate west to New York, meanwhile, the heavy demand for labor in the nineteenth century attracted Irish, English and Italian immigrants, among many others, to the medium and small industrial cities. In the early 20th century, immigrants came from eastern and southern Europe, while the state produced few nationally prominent political leaders, Connecticut has usually been a swing state closely balanced between the parties. In the 21st century, the state is known for production of jet engines, nuclear submarines, various Algonquian tribes long inhabited the area prior to European settlement. The Dutch were the first Europeans in Connecticut, in 1614 Adriaen Block explored the coast of Long Island Sound, and sailed up the Connecticut River at least as far as the confluence of the Park River, site of modern Hartford. By 1623, the new Dutch West India Company regularly traded for furs there and ten years later they fortified it for protection from the Pequot Indians, the site was named House of Hope, but encroaching English colonists made them agree to withdraw in the 1650 Treaty of Hartford. By 1654 they were gone, before the English took over New Netherland in 1664, the first English colonists came from the Bay Colony and Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts. Original Connecticut Colony settlements were at Windsor in 1633, at Wethersfield in 1634, in 1631, the Earl of Warwick granted a patent to a company of investors headed by William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, and Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke. They funded the establishment of the Saybrook Colony at the mouth of the Connecticut River, another Puritan group left Massachusetts and started the New Haven Colony farther west on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in 1637. The Massachusetts colonies did not seek to govern their progeny in Connecticut, communication and travel were too difficult, and it was also convenient to have a place for nonconformists to go. The English settlement and trading post at Windsor especially threatened the Dutch trade, since it was upriver and more accessible to Native people from the interior. Unfortunately, they also spread smallpox and, by the end of the 1633–34 winter, Europeans took advantage of this decimation by further settling the fertile valley. The Pequot War was the first serious armed conflict between the peoples and the European settlers in New England

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Greater Bridgeport
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Greater Bridgeport is the metropolitan area centered on the city of Bridgeport in the U. S. state of Connecticut. The area is located in Southwestern Connecticut and consists of the city of Bridgeport and five other adjacent towns – Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford, the Bridgeport area has a population of more than 305,000. Greater Bridgeport is part of the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk metropolitan statistical area, which consists of all of Fairfield County, the estimated 2015 county population was 948,053. The region consists of the six towns indicated in the introduction, the Bridgeport Labor Market Area includes the core region above and also extends northeast into Milford and the Lower Naugatuck Valley for a total of 13 towns. The urbanized areas of Stamford and Bridgeport are contiguous and considered by the U. S. Census Bureau as an urban core. The MSA associated with Bridgeport is the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk MSA and consists of the entirety of Fairfield County with 23 towns, while statistically similar in terms of population and extent to the NECTA definition, the MSA includes the city of Danbury and its suburbs, and excludes the Valley region. Gold Coast for the urbanized area centered on the city of Stamford Lower Naugatuck River Valley which is part of the Bridgeport Labor Market Area

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Greater Hartford
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Greater Hartford is a region located in the U. S. state of Connecticut, centered on the states capital of Hartford. This area of Connecticut is different from other parts of the state in that it is not dependent on metropolitan areas such as New York City or Boston. It is on the level land of the Connecticut River valley with soil less rocky than that of other areas in the state. Hartfords role as a point for the American insurance industry is known nationally. The vibrant music and arts scene defines the regions culture, the regions economy is closely tied with Springfield, Massachusetts, as Hartford and Springfield are twin cities, only 25 miles apart. The area is served by Bradley International Airport, shared with Springfield, although contiguous to Springfields northern border, Westover Metropolitan Airport was briefly marketed as an alternative for Hartford-bound flyers. Hartford is also served by Hartford-Brainard Airport, the population of Greater Hartford, had a total population of 1,212,381. The Capitol Region refers to a group of municipalities that the Capitol Region Council of Governments. Since Connecticut dissolved county governments, counties in the state have become purely ceremonial in nature, in place of county governments are local councils composed of the representatives from municipal governments. Other councils that fall within the Greater Hartford area the Central Connecticut Regional Planning Agency, New England City and Town Areas are cluster of cities and towns throughout all of New England defined by the Office of Management and Budget. The United States Census Bureau also defines the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, the area contains 54 towns of Hartford County, Tolland County, and Middlesex County. The 2015 population estimate for the MSA is 1,211,324 and is ranked as the 47th largest metropolitan area by population in the United States. The MSA definition of the area contains a significant portion of the Lower Connecticut River Valley, a region very similar to the MSA is covered by the combination of the Hartford Service Delivery Area and the Mid-Connecticut Service Delivery Area, covering 56 towns. The Hartford Metropolitan Statistical Area in combined with the Norwich-New London MSA in an entity known as the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2015, the population of the CSA was 1,483,187 and it houses two theaters within the complex, the 2, 800-seat Mortensen Hall and the 906-seat Belding Theater. Other theaters in the include the Hartford Stage and TheatreWorks. The area is home to the Xfinity Theatre, a 7. The lawn outside the theater is capable of holding roughly 22,500 people, the Connecticut Convention Center is located in downtown Hartford adjacent to the Hartford Marriot Downtown

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Litchfield Hills
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The Litchfield Hills are a geographic region of the U. S. state of Connecticut located in the northwestern corner of the state. It is a term that is coterminous with the boundaries of Litchfield County. The geographic region includes two officially designated regions, rural Northwestern Connecticut, and the associated with the city of Torrington. Much of the area makes up the lowermost section of the Berkshire region, the Litchfield hills are known for their distinct rural scenery, which can stand in contrast to central and southern Connecticut, which is largely urbanized or suburbanized. This region is a key part of the Housatonic River and Farmington River watersheds, most of the region comprises forested and rocky hills with farmland and small towns interspersed in the flatter areas. The terrain in the Litchfield Hills area varies from rolling to the south and east to more mountainous toward the north. The region generally experiences colder temperatures due to higher elevation, the Litchfield Hills, like the rest of Northwest Connecticut, are known for their town greens, fall foliage, and historical architecture. The hills comprise the southernmost portion of the Berkshires and this region also plays host to a large portion of the states small vineyard and wine industry. Historically, the region was known for the limestone, iron. A unique term to the region is the word raggie, used as an insult by some and with a sense of local pride by others, the term raggie denotes someone with a lower income and approximates the term white trash. The term probably originated from iron workers from Mount Riga in Salisbury and these workers were often poor immigrants wore grubby clothes as a result of their work. After the iron works closed down, the moved to Norfolk, Winsted, and Torrington. The term raggie is rarely, if ever, heard elsewhere, the towns included in the Northwestern Connecticut region are, Canaan, Cornwall, Kent, North Canaan, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Warren, Washington. Unlike the rest of Connecticut, the portion of Northwestern Connecticut around the upper Housatonic River contains more alkaline soils due to the underlying limestone, the hills are rural enough to offer an escape from city life, yet close enough to visit on weekends. Many visitors also arrive in the autumn to witness the fall foliage and this region is very similar to portions of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, which lies just to the north. Northwestern Connecticut is known for its activities, such as chamber performances at Music Mountain in Canaan. The region is home to preparatory schools, such as the Hotchkiss School, Kent School, Marvelwood School. The Litchfield Hills feel a stronger pull toward industry than Northwestern Connecticut, with manufacturing centering on the Naugatuck River in Torrington, historically, brass, needles, scythes, and other products were manufactured in the area

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A scene from The Hotchkiss School in Salisbury.
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Map of Connecticut showing the Northwest Connecticut region in green and the Litchfield Hills region in blue

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Lower Connecticut River Valley
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The Lower Connecticut River Valley is a region of the state of Connecticut focused around the juncture where the Connecticut River meets Long Island Sound. It includes towns in Middlesex County and the edge of New London County. Route 154 runs along the river starting in Middletown and ending in Old Saybrook, the road is designated as a scenic highway, popular with motorcycle tourists. State Route 9 runs through Cromwell and Middletown and extends to the shoreline where it connects with Interstate 95 in Old Saybrook, Middletown, the regions largest town, is one of Connecticuts smaller cities and the location of Wesleyan University. The oldest archeological founds in the area have dated back to circa 8000 BC. Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments

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Naugatuck River Valley
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The Naugatuck River Valley refers to the watershed area of the Naugatuck River in the western part of Connecticut. The Naugatuck Valley straddles parts of Litchfield County, New Haven, the Route 8 corridor and Waterbury Branch of the Metro-North railroad line run along the river valley. Geographically, it comprises the municipalities located within the Naugatuck River basin, during the 19th and 20th centuries, the area was one of the main manufacturing centers in New England, and most of the communities around the river were emblematic New England mill towns. Traditionally, the Naugatuck Valley is often subdivided for historical, cultural, geographic, the Upper Naugatuck Valley, more often referred to as the Litchfield Hills, refers to the area centered on the city of Torrington. The West Branch and East Branch Naugatuck Rivers merge in Torrington to form the main river, the watershed area in the Upper Naugatuck Valley includes parts of the towns of Goshen, Harwinton, Litchfield, Morris, New Hartford, Norfolk, Torrington, Winchester. The Central Naugatuck Valley, more often referred to as the Greater Waterbury area, is the focused on the city of Waterbury. The last three towns are also grouped with the lower valley region. The Lower Naugatuck Valley, sometimes known as simply The Valley, the towns within the watershed area of the lower valley are Shelton, Seymour, Bethany, Woodbridge, Ansonia, and Derby. The towns of Beacon Falls, Oxford, and Naugatuck, usually grouped together in the valley region, are also sometimes assigned to the lower valley region. Naugatuck Railroad Naugatuck River Watershed Association Lower Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments Central Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments

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Map of Connecticut showing the regions of the Naugatuck River Valley. Green is the Valley, yellow is the Greater Waterbury area, and blue is the Litchfield Hills region.

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The Quiet Corner, also known as Northeastern Connecticut, is a region of the state of Connecticut, located in the northeastern corner of the state. It is generally associated with Windham County, but also incorporates sections of Tolland County. The most frequently cited boundary is the town of Coventry. The Quiet Corner is more rural than southern or central Connecticut, with areas of farmland, rivers and lakes. Its population centers are rural and semi-rural towns, many with populations below 5,000. It is one of the districts along the Northeast Megalopolis. Interstate 84 also passes near the end of the region. Much of the region is part of the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor, Windham, including the borough of Willimantic, is the largest town in the region with a population of 25,000. The area also has a history with watermills, due to its many fast river. Many were on the Willimantic River or the Quinebaug River, the region is popular with tourists for its traditional New England scenery, culture, locally produced foods and bed and breakfasts, and is especially noted for its many antique shops. The region has seen a resurgence in the production of foods, producing local wines, cheeses, ice cream, apples, maple syrup, beer. Connecticut East Convention and Visitors Bureau Connecticut Route 169 on American Byways

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Map of Connecticut showing the Northeastern Connecticut region in blue and the Windham region in yellow.

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New Haven County, Connecticut
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New Haven County is a county in the south central part of the U. S. state of Connecticut. As of the 2010 census, the population was 862,477 making it the third-most populous county in Connecticut, two of the states largest cities, New Haven and Waterbury, are part of New Haven County. New Haven County comprises the New Haven-Milford, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area, County governments were abolished in Connecticut in 1960. Thus, as is the case with all eight of Connecticuts counties, there is no county government, until 1960, the city of New Haven was the county seat. In Connecticut, towns are responsible for all government activities, including fire and rescue, snow removal. In some cases, neighboring towns will share certain activities, e. g. schools, health, New Haven County is merely a group of towns on a map, and has no specific government authority. The county Sheriff system was abolished by voters and replaced by State Judicial Marshals in 2000, as a result, the state judicial system in New Haven County has three judicial districts, New Haven, Ansonia-Milford, and Waterbury. Following the process of unification of New Haven Colony with Connecticut Colony in 1664-65, New Haven County was constituted by an act of the Connecticut General Court on May 10,1666, along with Hartford County, Fairfield County, and New London County. The act establishing the county states, This Court orders that from the east bounds of Guilford vnto ye west bounds of Milford shalbe for future one County wch shalbe called the County of N, Hauen. And it is ordered that the County Court shalbe held at N, Hauen on the second Wednesday in March, as established in 1666, New Haven County consisted of the towns of Milford, New Haven, and Guilford. The town of Wallingford was established in 1670 in unincorporated area north of New Haven, in 1675, the town of Derby was established north of Milford. In 1686, the town of Waterbury was established, but was assigned as part of Hartford County, Waterbury was transferred to New Haven County in 1728. In 1722, most of northwestern Connecticut was placed under the jurisdiction of New Haven County, eight years later, in 1730, the eastern half of northwestern Connecticut was transferred to the jurisdiction of Hartford County. By mid-1738, with the exception of the towns of New Milford, Sharon, and Salisbury, in 1751, Litchfield County was constituted consisting of all the towns in northwestern Connecticut. Between 1780 and 1807, several towns were established along the northern boundary of New Haven County. The final boundary alteration leading to the modern boundary resulted from the establishment of the town of Middlebury on October 8,1807. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 862 square miles. It is the second-largest county in Connecticut by total area, the terrain is mostly flat near the coast, with low hills defining the rest of the area, rising significantly only in the north of the county

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New London County, Connecticut
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New London County is a county located in the southeastern corner of the U. S. state of Connecticut. The population was 274,055 as of the 2010 census, New London County comprises the Norwich-New London, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Hartford-West Hartford, CT Combined Statistical Area. There is no county government and no county seat, as is the case with all eight of Connecticuts counties, in Connecticut, towns are responsible for all local government activities, including fire and rescue, snow removal, and schools. In a few cases, neighboring Towns will share certain resources, New London County is merely a group of towns on a map, it has no governmental authority. New London County contains reservations of four of the five state-recognized Indian tribes, Southeastern New England was dominated by the Pequot people at the time of English colonization. They spoke the Mohegan-Pequot language and were one of the Algonquian-speaking tribes in the coastal areas, after years of conflict, the English and their Indian allies killed many and disrupted the Pequots in the Pequot War of 1637, ending their dominance. Two descendant Pequot tribes are recognized by the state today, as are three tribes, all descended from Algonquian peoples. New London County was one of four counties in Connecticut that were established on May 10,1666 by an act of the Connecticut General Court. And it is ordered that the County Court shalbe held at N, London the first Wednesday in June and the third Thursday in Septembr yearly. As established in 1666, New London County consisted of the towns of Stonington, Norwich, New London, the Homonoscet Plantation referred to in the constituting Act was settled in March 1663, at first as Kenilworth but incorporated as the town of Killingworth in 1667. Several new towns were incorporated and added to New London over the few decades, Preston in 1687, Colchester in 1699. The settlements along the Quinebaug Valley were placed under New London jurisdiction in 1697, by 1717, more towns were established in northeastern Connecticut and added to New London County. Windham County was constituted from Hartford and New London counties on 12 May 1726, New London County lost the towns of Voluntown, Pomfret, Killingly, Canterbury, Plainfield, and Lebanon to the newly formed county. In 1785, Middlesex County was constituted, consisting of towns along the lower Connecticut River Valley, taking away the towns of Killingworth and Saybrook from New London County. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 772 square miles. The terrain of the county is mostly level, becoming more elevated only in its northern extreme, the highest point in the county is Gates Hill in the Town of Lebanon at approximately 660 feet above sea level, and the lowest point is sea level. All municipal services are provided by the towns, in order to address regional issues concerning infrastructure, land use, and economic development, regional councils of governments throughout the state were established in 1989. Most of the towns of New London County are part of the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments, the exceptions being the towns of Lyme, Old Lyme, and Lebanon

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New London County Courthouse

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Windham County, Connecticut
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Windham County is a county located in the northeastern corner of the U. S. state of Connecticut. As of the 2010 census, the population was 118,428 and it forms the core of the region known as the Quiet Corner. Windham County is included in the Worcester, MA-CT Metropolitan Statistical Area, the entire county is within the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor, as designated by the National Park Service. The area that is now Windham County became of interest to the English around 1635, john Winthrop took a strong interest to this land, purchased land from the Narragansetts, and was given permission by the court of Connecticut to settle in October 1671. In 1678, a tract of land, called Joshua’s Tract, was willed to Connecticut officials, in 1684,1200 acres of land was sold to Jonathan Curtis, Thomas Dudley, and Samuel, among others, by the Nipmunks. Windham County was created from Hartford and New London counties on 12 May 1726 by an act of the Connecticut General Court, in May 1749, the town of Woodstock, formerly New Roxbury, Worcester County Massachusetts, was unilaterally annexed by Connecticut and assigned to Windham County. In 1785, the town of Union was transferred to the newly formed Tolland County, the final boundary adjustment occurred on April 7,1885, when the boundary dispute between the towns of Windham and Mansfield was resolved. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 521 square miles. The highest point in Windham County is Snow Hill in Ashford at 1,210 feet, Worcester County, Massachusetts Providence County, Rhode Island Kent County, Rhode Island New London County Tolland County County level government in the state of Connecticut was abolished in 1960. All government affairs and services are administered by either the state or local municipality, the office of county high sheriff was abolished by constitutional referendum in 2000. All former functions of the county sheriffs office are now carried out by the marshals service. The last high sheriff of Windham County was Thomas W. White, major highways through Windham County include Interstate 395, which runs north-south from the New London County line at Plainfield to the Massachusetts state line at Thompson. The southern part of I-395 is part of the Connecticut Turnpike, other secondary north-south roads are Routes 89,198,97,21, and 49. U. S. Route 6 has short expressway segments in Windham, other secondary east-west roads are Routes 14,101,171, and 197. Windham Airport is the airport for the county, located 3 miles from Willimantic. Other smaller airports include Woodstock Airport and Danielson Airport, there are many bike paths in the county. The major two trails are the Air Line State Park Trail and the Hop River State Park Trail, the Hop River Trail ends at the Air Line Trail shortly after entering the county, while the Air Line Trail continues all the way into Putnam. Another section of the Air Line Trail is in Thompson, which continues to the border with Massachusetts which it counties as the Southern New England Trunkline Trail

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Bison Farm
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Location in the state of Connecticut
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The Frog Bridge in the Willimantic section of Windham.

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Ansonia, Connecticut
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Ansonia is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, on the Naugatuck River, immediately north of Derby, and about 12 miles northwest of New Haven. The population was 19,249 at the 2010 census, the ZIP code for Ansonia is 06401. The city is served by the Metro-North Railroad, Ansonia Station is a stop on the railroad passenger commuter services Waterbury line, connecting to New Yorks Grand Central Terminal. Ansonia also is served by the Connecticut Transit bus carrier, Ansonia, also referred to as The Copper City, is recognized for its history of heavy machine manufacturing industry in the lower Naugatuck Valley. Production included copper, brass, rubber and plastics processing, molding and tubing, iron castings, sheet metal, electric, automatic machine, textiles. The well-known Ansonia Clock Company was founded here in 1851, Ansonia is the birthplace of American Revolutionary War Colonel and Diplomat David Humphreys. The citys devotion to its high school team, the Ansonia Chargers, is legendary. Originally known as The Lavender, the Chargers annual game against arch-rival Naugatuck, early settlers developed subsistence farming, and used the river for sawmills and gristmills. In 1844, Anson Green Phelps, a merchant and philanthropist, unable to purchase the land from its owner, in 1844 Phelps acquired land along the east side of the river, today this is Ansonias downtown section. A canal was dug for river power to drive the factories and businesses in the new industrial village and he wanted to name the industrial village as Phelpsville, but learned there was another village in the region by that name. As suggested by a friend, Phelps Latinized his first name to create the name Ansonia, as industry developed, soon Ansonia became the most populous area of Derby, boasting many factories. The state chartered Ansonia as a borough of Derby in 1864 and amended it in 1871, in 1888, a petition was circulated in the borough of Ansonia for the purpose of becoming a separate township from Derby. In 1889 the State General Assembly granted the separation, constituting the Borough, Hilltop, West Ansonia and this was the 168th township in the state of Connecticut. In 1893, Ansonia was incorporated as a city, consolidating with the coterminous Town, in 1866, while residing in Ansonia, inventor Pierre Lallement, a native of Pont-a-Mousson, France, submitted a patent application for the first pedaled bicycle. Ansonia suffered grievous damage in the Flood of 1955 on August 19, submerging the land along the river, the flood destroyed many houses and businesses. The high river waters swept away Maple Street Bridge, one of two bridges linking the east and west sides of Ansonia, after the inundation, the authorities erected a flood wall along the east bank of the river to protect the citys factories and Main Street. On the west bank, federal public housing was built to replace blocks of destroyed homes and businesses on Broad Street, in the decades following the flood and suburbanization, Ansonias Main Street fell into decline as retail shoppers decamped to the Ansonia Mall at its far end. Later other malls attracted shoppers to nearby Milford, Trumbull, since the late 20th century, Main Street has been enlivened by he opening of several antique stores, a wine bar, a coffee shop, a Polish delicatessen, and other retail businesses

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Bridgeport, Connecticut
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Bridgeport is a seaport city in the U. S. state of Connecticut. It is the largest city in the state and is located in Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonnock River on Long Island Sound, Bridgeport had a population of 144,229 during the 2010 Census, making it also the 5th-most populous in New England. It is bordered by the towns of Trumbull to the north, Fairfield to the west, the Greater Bridgeport area is the 48th-largest urban area in the United States and forms part of the Greater New York City Area. Bridgeport was inhabited by the Paugussett Indian tribe at the time of its English colonization, the English farming community became a center of trade, shipbuilding, and whaling. The town incorporated itself to subsidize the Housatonic Railroad and rapidly industrialized following its connection to the New York, manufacturing was the mainstay of the local economy until the 1970s. Industrial restructuring and suburbanization caused the loss of jobs and affluent residents, leaving Bridgeport struggling with problems of poverty. In the 21st century, conversion of office and factory buildings to residential use, the showman P. T. Barnum was a resident of the city and served as the towns mayor in the late 19th century. Barnum built four houses in Bridgeport, and housed his circus in town during winter, the first Subway restaurant opened in the North End section of the city in 1965. The Frisbie Pie Company was located here, and Bridgeport is credited as the birthplace of the Frisbee, the first documented English settlement within the present city limits of Bridgeport took place in 1644, centered at Black Rock Harbor along North Avenue and between Park and Briarwood Avenues. The place was called Pequonnock, after a band of the Paugussett, one of their sacred sites was Golden Hill, which overlooked the harbor and was the location of natural springs and their planting fields. The Golden Hill Indians were granted a reservation here by the Colony of Connecticut in 1639 that survived until 1802, a village called Newfield began to coalesce around the corner of State and Water Streets in the 1760s. The area officially known as Stratfield in 1695 or 1701 due to its location between the already existing towns of Stratford and Fairfield. During the American Revolution, Newfield Harbor was a center of privateering, Newfield initially expanded around the coasting trade with Boston, New York, and Baltimore and the international trade with the West Indies. The commercial activity of the village was clustered around the wharves on the west bank of the Pequonnock, in 1800, the village became the Borough of Bridgeport, the first so incorporated in the state. It was named for the Newfield or Lottery Bridge across the Pequonnock, Bridgeport Bank was established in 1806. In 1821, the township of Bridgeport became independent of Stratford, the West India trade died down around 1840, but by that time the Bridgeport Steamship Company and Bridgeport Whaling Company had been incorporated and the Housatonic Railroad chartered. The HRRC ran upstate along the Housatonic Valley, connecting with Massachusettss Berkshire Railroad at the state line, Bridgeport was chartered as Connecticuts fifth city in 1836 in order to enable the town council to secure funding to provide to the HRRC and ensure that it would terminate in Bridgeport. The Naugatuck Railroad—connecting Bridgeport to Waterbury and Winsted along the Naugatuck—was chartered in 1845, the same year, the New York and New Haven Railroad began operation, connecting Bridgeport to New York and the other towns along the north shore of the Long Island Sound

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Danbury, Connecticut
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Danbury is a city in northern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, approximately 70 miles from New York City. Danburys population at the 2010 census was 80,893, Danbury is the fourth most populous city in Fairfield County, and seventh among Connecticut cities. The city is within the New York metropolitan area, the city is named for Danbury, England, the place of origin of many of its early settlers. It is nicknamed the Hat City because of its prominent history in the hat industry, the mineral danburite is named for Danbury. Danbury is home to Danbury Hospital, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury Fair Mall, Danbury was settled by colonists in 1685, when eight families moved from what are now Norwalk and Stamford, Connecticut. The Danbury area was then called Pahquioque by its namesake, the Pahquioque Native Americans, one of the original settlers was Samuel Benedict, who bought land from the Paquioques in 1685, along with his brother James Benedict, James Beebe, and Judah Gregory. Also called Paquiack by local Native Americans, the settlers chose the name Swampfield for their town, but in October 1687, the general court appointed a committee to lay out the new towns boundaries. A survey was made in 1693, and a formal patent was granted in 1702. During the American Revolution, Danbury was an important military depot for the Continental Army. On April 26,1777, the British, under Major General William Tryon, the central motto on the seal of the City of Danbury is Restituimus, a reference to the destruction caused by the Loyalist army troops. The American General David Wooster was mortally wounded at the Battle of Ridgefield by the same British forces which had attacked Danbury and he is buried in Danburys Wooster Cemetery, the private Wooster School in Danbury also was named in his honor. It is the first known instance of the expression in American legal or political writing, the letter is on display at the Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Danbury. The first Danbury Fair was held in 1821, in 1869, it became a yearly event, the last edition was in 1981. The fairgrounds were cleared to make room for the Danbury Fair Mall, in 1835, the Connecticut Legislature granted a rail charter to the Fairfield County Railroad, which saw no construction as investment was slow. In 1850, the plans were scaled back, and renamed the Danbury. Work moved quickly on the 23 mi railroad line, in 1852, it, the first railroad line in Danbury, opened, with two trains making the 75-minute trip to Norwalk. The central part of Danbury was incorporated as a borough in 1822, the borough was reincorporated as the city of Danbury on April 19,1889. The city and town were consolidated on January 1,1965, the dam impounding the Kohanza Reservoir, one of many reservoirs built to provide water to the hat factories, broke on January 31,1869

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Stamford, Connecticut
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Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 122,643. As of July 1,2014, according to the Census Bureau, the population of Stamford had risen to 128,278, making it the third-largest city in the state and the seventh-largest city in New England. Approximately 30 miles from Manhattan, Stamford is in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk Metro area which is a part of the Greater New York metropolitan area. Stamford is home to four Fortune 500 Companies, nine Fortune 1000 Companies and this gives Stamford the largest financial district in New York Metro outside New York City itself and one of the largest concentrations of corporations in the nation. Stamford is also home to the Stamford Waterside Design District - a creative neighborhood and shopping destination dedicated to Interior Design, Stamford was known as Rippowam by the Native American inhabitants to the region, and the very first European settlers to the area also referred to it as such. The name was changed to Stamford after the town Stamford, Lincolnshire. The deed to Stamford was signed on July 1,1640 between Captain Turner of the New Haven Colony and Chief Ponus, by the 18th century, one of the primary industries of the town was merchandising by water, which was possible due to Stamfords proximity to New York. In 1692, Stamford was home to a famous witch trial than the well-known Salem witch trials. The accusations were less fanatical and smaller-scale but also grew to prominence through gossip, Stamford incorporated as a city in 1893. In 1950, the Census Bureau reported the population as 94. 6% white and 5. 2% black. In the 1960s and 1970s, Stamfords commercial real estate boomed as corporations relocated from New York City to peripheral areas, a massive urban redevelopment campaign during that time resulted in a downtown with many tall office buildings. Rich Co. was the urban renewal developer of the downtown in an ongoing redevelopment project that was contentious, beginning in the 1960s. Over the years, other developers have joined in building up the downtown, since 2008, an 80-acre mixed-use redevelopment project for the Stamfords Harbor Point neighborhood has added additional growth south of the citys Downtown area. Once complete, the redevelopment will include 6,000,000 square feet of new residential, retail, office and hotel space, as of July 2012, roughly 900 of the projected 4,000 Harbor Point residential units had been constructed. Stamford is situated near the point of Connecticut. There are still a number of references to North Stamford as a separate town, surrounding towns include Pound Ridge, New York to the north, Greenwich to the west, and both Darien and New Canaan to the east. The city has an area of 52.09 square miles, Stamford, like the rest of coastal Connecticut, lies in the broad transition zone between the cold continental climate to the north and the more mild temperate/subtropical climate, to the south

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Bank and Main Streets, from a 1911 postcard
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One Landmark Square, the second tallest building in the city, located in the heart of Downtown Stamford.
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Welcome sign in the city's Springdale neighborhood.

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Ashford, Connecticut
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Ashford is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. It is part of the Connecticut Quiet Corner, the population was 4,317 at the 2010 census. Eastford was a part of Ashford until 1847, when the split off to organize its own town. For this reason North Ashford is located in northeast Eastford, president George Washington, returning from his tour of the country in the fall of 1789, was chagrined to be involuntarily abandoned in the village on a Sunday. It was contrary to law to hire a conveyance on that day, new Ashford in Massachusetts is named after Ashford, as it was settled in 1762 by people from Ashford. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 39.5 square miles. The Mount Hope River flows through the middle of the town, from north to south, Ashford has several lakes and ponds, notably Ashford Lake, Lake Chaffee, Knowlton Pond, Rychlings Pond, Halls Pond, Poole Pond, and Morey Pond. Boston Hollow, a ravine, is located in Ashford. Parts of Natchaug State Forest and Nipmuck State Forest are also located in Ashford, joshuas Tract Conservation and Historic Trust has several nature preserved in town. Snow Hill located in the northwest corner of the town, is the highest point in Windham County at 1,210 feet, Ashford is located in the northeastern coastal forests, which is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forest ecoregion. Ashford is home to the Yale-Myers Forest, which is used by the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies for scientific research and education. The most famous tree in town is the Ashford Oak, a very large, the last recorded sighting of periodic cicadas belonging to Brood XI of the 17-year variety occurred in Ashford in 1954 along the Fenton River. Ashford Academy — Fitts Road Church Farm —396 Mansfield Road Knowlton Memorial Hall —25 Pompey Hollow Road Mixer Tavern —14 Westford Road As of 2010 Ashford had a population of 4,317. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,098 people,1,578 households, the population density was 105.6 people per square mile. There were 1,699 housing units at a density of 43.8 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 95. 71% White,1. 00% African American,0. 27% Native American,1. 02% Asian,0. 44% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 2. 00% of the population. 20. 6% of all households were made up of individuals and 6. 0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.05. In the town, the population was out with 25. 6% under the age of 18,8. 5% from 18 to 24,32. 0% from 25 to 44,25. 6% from 45 to 64

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Bethel, Connecticut
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Bethel is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, about 69 miles from New York City. Its population was 18,584 at the 2010 census, the town center is defined by the U. S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place. The core area of the center has also been designated as a historic district. The town is near Interstate 84 and has a station on the Danbury Branch of Metro-Norths New Haven Line. Bethel was first settled around 1700, the first houses built in Bethel were in the 1730s or 1740s, they are located at 27 Grassy Plain Street and 63 Grassy Plain Street. 1759 – church members such as Ebenezer Hickok, Lemuel Beebe, Isaac Hoyt, Thomas Starr and they petitioned the General Assembly to form two distinct ecclesiastical societies, the First and Second Congregational Societies, creating a new second parish in the eastern portion of Danbury. The new area was called Bethel,1760 –71 people were members of the church. Bethel ran most of its affairs through the church,1760 – Captain Benjamin Hickock built the house at 245 Greenwood Avenue and used it as a tavern. 1777 – the citys records were burned by the British in the British raid on Danbury, late 1700s – P. T. Barnum’s grandfather built one of the towns earliest hotels, the Barnum Tavern. Greenwood Avenue Historic District — Roughly along Greenwood Ave. P. T. Barnum Sq, depot Pl. and South St. Rev. John Ely House —54 Milwaukee Ave. Seth Seelye House —189 Greenwood Ave. Captain Benjamin Hickock house —13 Blackman Ave. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 16.9 square miles, of which 16.8 square miles is land and 0.1 square miles. The CDP corresponding to the center has a total area of 4.1 square miles. Bethel borders Redding to the south, Danbury to the west, Brookfield to the north, the first meeting of the Young Communist League was held in Bethel in May 1922. Battery manufacturer Duracell is headquartered in Bethel, in 1934, Rudolph Kunett started the first vodka distillery in the U. S. after purchasing rights to the recipe from the exiled Smirnoff family. Bethel High School is home to an award-winning NJROTC unit, yano Anaya, former child actor, owned a shop in town. Marian Anderson, singer, was married to Orpheus Fisher in Bethel in July 1943 by Rev. Jack Grenfell, matt Barnes pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, grew up in Bethel. P. T. Barnum was born in Bethel at 55 Greenwood Avenue and he expanded the home during his youth after a fire destroyed the front of the building

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Bolton, Connecticut
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Bolton is a small rural town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. It is primarily residential, with a made up primarily of small businesses. The high school typically has between fifty and one hundred students per class, the population was 4,986 as of the 2010 census. Bolton was incorporated in October 1720 and is governed by town meeting, originally part of the town of Hartford, the area was referred to as Hartford Mountains or Hanover, until incorporation in October 1720. The northern half of Bolton was set aside in 1808 to form the town of Vernon, quarries played a significant role in the areas developing economy, and Bolton Notch became the location of the small community of Quarryville. Prior to the railroad, granite was taken by oxcart to the Connecticut River where it was shipped to major cities on the East Coast. On November 11,1723, Jonathan Edwards was installed as the pastor of Bolton and it is widely speculated that in 1781, George Washington stayed at a home in Bolton. Later that year, the French army is confirmed to have passed through the town, on Roses Farm, Rochambeau most likely stayed the night with his troops. Archaeological evidence proves that they were in Roses field, and possibly also across the street, archaeologists believe the officers stayed there, since they usually stayed away from the troops, considering themselves higher in status. Bolton, like much of Tolland County, straddles the continental climate. Bolton High School is a school with about three to four hundred students. Several other improvements were made including parking, bus lanes and the Board of Education offices being moved to the location, the school has a student-teacher ratio of about 12,1 and a combined math and reading proficiency level of 92. 5%. U. S. News & World Report ranked it #27 in Connecticut and #1030 in the United States, Bolton High is affiliated with the NCCC athletic conference. In Bolton High Schools first year of participation, it won the boys tennis championship. The boys cross country also won the conference championship in 2007. They went on to win the Connecticut Class S State Cross Country Championship in 2008,2009,2011, whos dream in life is to take a runner to the national championships of cross country. He also enjoys basketball in his free time, the boys tennis team won the NCCC conference three years in a row, finishing the 2009 season with a record of 17-0. The hockey team were state runners-up in 2013 when they advanced to the Division III state title game after winning their conference, the following year the boys soccer team also advanced to the Class S state championship game

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Branford, Connecticut
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Branford is a shoreline town located on Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut,8 miles east of New Haven. The population was 28,026 at the 2010 census, there are two harbors, the more central Branford Harbor and Stony Creek Harbor on the east end, and one town beach at Branford Point. The southern terminus of the Metacomet Ridge, Beacon Hill, is located in Branford, the town of Branford includes the Thimble Islands. Neighboring towns are North Branford to the north, Guilford to the east, an area called Totoket, which became Branford, was part of the land bought from the Mattabesech Indians in 1638 by the first settlers of New Haven. The Dutch set up a trading post at the mouth of the Branford River in the 17th century, the towns name is said to be derived from the town of Brentford, England. The town in early maps was actually called Brentford before being shortened to Branford, established in 1644, Branford grew during the 18th and 19th centuries. In the late 18th century, the first shoreline community, Stony Creek, was settled, Indian Neck and Pine Orchard were also settled, but neither of those settlements was permanent until the mid-19th century. In 1852, the railroad helped bring new business, including Branford Lockworks, Malleable Iron Fittings Company, the Stony Creek granite quarries also rose to prominence as a direct consequence of railroad construction. During the mid-19th century, Branford became a resort area. Approximately twenty hotels opened, including Indian Point House in Stony Creek, Montowese House in Indian Neck, during the mid-20th century, Branford shed its resort image and subsequently took on many characteristics typically associated with northeastern suburbs. In 1974, Connecticut Hospice was founded in Branford, the first hospice in the United States, Branford has six historic districts that are listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. These include buildings in Federal, Arts and Crafts, and Queen Anne styles of architecture, more than 20 historic homes and other properties are separately listed on the National Register. In total,30 properties or districts in Branford appear in New Haven Countys NRHP listings, one example is Harrison House and Museum, a 1724 structure, which has period furnishings, local historical items, archives, a barn and an herb garden. Cruises of the Thimble Islands depart from the Stony Creek dock, as of the census of 2000, there were 28,683 people,12,543 households, and 7,663 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,305.2 people per square mile, there were 13,342 housing units at an average density of 607.1 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 94. 05% white,1. 35% African American,0. 10% Native American,2. 72% Asian,0. 06% Pacific Islander,0. 53% from other races, and 1. 20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2. 57% of the population,32. 4% of all households were made up of individuals and 11. 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the family size was 2.90

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Brookfield, Connecticut
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Brookfield is a town located in northern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States in the southern foothills of the Berkshire Mountains. The population was 16,487 at the 2010 census, Brookfield was first settled in 1710 by John Muirwood, as well as other colonial founders including Hawley, Peck and Merwin. They bartered for the land from the Wyantenuck Nation and the Pootatuck nation who were ruled under the Sachem Waramaug, the purchase of the south part of town involved the current municipal center where sachem Pocono then had his village and lived in an enormous palisade along the Still River. Eventually, when the town was settled, it was first established as the Parish of Newbury, the town of Brookfield was established in 1788. It was named after the first minister of the parishs Congregational church, Reverend Thomas Brooks. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 20.4 square miles, of which 19.8 square miles is land and 0.6 square miles. It borders Bethel to the south, Newtown to the southeast, Danbury to the southwest, New Fairfield to the west, New Milford to the north, and Bridgewater to the northeast. The Wyantenuck were a tribe of the Paugusset Nation and lived in the northern part of the town of Brookfield, extending from North Mountain. Their main village was located at Kent Falls in New Milford, the Pootatuck lived in the southern part of town from the John Northrop house up north to the current police station, and extending into current-day Newtown. The Pootatcuks main village was at the banks of the Still River near present-day Pocono Road, early people who lived in Brookfield were subsistence farmers, gatherers and hunters. The main food sources were corn, beans, squash and wild foods found in the rocky, heavily forested hills of the Berkshire Mountains of Brookfield. Such wild foods that were harvested were white oak acorns, American chestnuts, shag bark hickory nuts, may apples, beach nuts and Solomons seal. The hunted foods that were taken from the forest and rivers were deer, passenger pigeon, turkey, bass, trout, crawfish, squirrel, rabbit and many more. In the 18th century the community was called Newbury, a name came from the three towns from which its land was taken – New Milford, Newtown, and Danbury. As traveling to surrounding churches was difficult in winter, in 1752 the General Assembly granted the community the right to worship in area homes from September through March. In 1754, the General Assembly granted permission for the Parish of Newbury to build its own meeting house, on September 28,1757, the first Congregational Church building was dedicated. The Reverend Thomas Brooks was ordained as the first settled minister, incorporated in 1778, the towns name was changed to Brookfield in honor of Brooks, who was still the minister. Along the Still River, mills were in operation as early as 1732 in an area became known as the Iron Works District

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Brooklyn, Connecticut
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Brooklyn is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 8,210 at the 2000 census, the town center village is listed by the U. S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place. The district of East Brooklyn is also listed as a separate census-designated place. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 29.1 square miles. Settled in the late 17th century and incorporated as its own town in 1786 and it is named for the Quinebaug River, or Brook Line, which forms its eastern boundary. Brooklyn held the 1833 trial of Prudence Crandall, a schoolteacher charged with the crime of educating black students, Brooklyn is the final resting place of Revolutionary War General Israel Putnam. Though he was buried in an above ground tomb in Brooklyns South Cemetery. In 1888, a statue of Putnam mounted on a horse was erected, the statue stands slightly south of the town green, in front of the post office. Brooklyn is also home of the Middle School Bobcats and Elementary School Bears, the town historical society operates the Brooklyn Historical Society Museum, which includes the Daniel Putnam Tyler Law Office. Allen Hill Barrett Hill Brooklyn Center Bush Hill East Brooklyn Stetsons Corners Tatnic Hill West Village West Wauregan Brooklyn Green Historic District — Bush Hill Historic District —, residents are served by the Brooklyn School Districts Brooklyn Elementary School and Brooklyn Middle School. Many Brooklyn high school students attend Woodstock Academy, Woodstock was designated as one of Brooklyns high schools since 1987, many Brooklyn high school students attend Killingly High School in Danielson. Some students attend H. H. Ellis Technical High School, as of the census of 2010, there were 8,244 people,3,001 households, and 2,105 families residing in the town. There were 3,247 housing units at a density of 92.4 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 92. 7% White,2. 9% African American,0. 3% Native American,1. 1% Asian, 0% Pacific Islander,1. 8% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 4% of the population. 24. 2% of all households were made up of individuals 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.01. In the town, the population was out with 24% under the age of 20,5. 5% from 20 to 24,27. 3% from 25 to 44,36. 7% from 45 to 64. The median age was 40.9 years, the median income as of the 2000 Census for a household in the town was $49,756, and the median income for a family was $60,208. Males had an income of $39,246 versus $28,889 for females

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Canterbury, Connecticut
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Canterbury is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 5,234 at the 2010 census, in 1703 it was officially separated from Plainfield and named The Town of Canterbury. In 1832, Prudence Crandall, a schoolteacher raised as a Quaker, the Connecticut General Assembly passed the Black Law which prohibited the education of black children from out of state, but Crandall persisted in teaching, and was briefly jailed in 1832. Mobs forced the closure of the school in 1834, and Crandall married the Reverend Calvin Philco that same year, Connecticut repealed the Black Law in 1838, and later recognized Crandall with a small pension in 1886, four years before her death. In 1995, the Connecticut General Assembly designated Prudence Crandall as the states official heroine because she opened the first Academy for young black women, the school still stands in Canterbury, and currently serves as the Prudence Crandall Museum and is a National Historic Landmark. In 2009 a life-size bronze statue of Prudence Crandall with one of her African American students was installed in the state capital. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 40.2 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,692 people,1,717 households, the population density was 117.6 people per square mile. There were 1,762 housing units at a density of 44.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 97. 34% White,0. 36% African American,0. 28% Native American,0. 26% Asian,0. 02% Pacific Islander,0. 30% from other races, and 1. 45% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 07% of the population,16. 7% of all households were made up of individuals and 6. 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the family size was 3.06. In the town, the population was out with 25. 7% under the age of 18,7. 3% from 18 to 24,31. 4% from 25 to 44,26. 3% from 45 to 64. The median age was 38 years, for every 100 females there were 103.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.9 males, the median income for a household in the town was $55,547, and the median income for a family was $65,095. Males had an income of $41,521 versus $28,672 for females. The per capita income for the town was $22,317, about 3. 5% of families and 4. 5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4. 2% of those under age 18 and 10. 0% of those age 65 or over. Canterbury Center Historic District — Roughly along Elmdale, Library, N. Canterbury, S. Canterbury, the historic district includes Colonial, Federal, and other architectural styles

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Canton, Connecticut
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Canton is a town, incorporated in 1806, in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 8,840 at the 2000 census and 10,292 as of the 2010 census. It is bordered by Granby on the north, Simsbury on the east, Avon and Burlington on the south, New Hartford on the west, running through it is the Farmington River. The town includes the villages of North Canton, Canton Center, Canton, in September 2007, Collinsville was ranked in Budget Travel magazine as one of the Ten Coolest Small Towns In America. At the Collins ax factory in Collinsville, Elisha Root invented the important industrial technique of die casting. The Canton Historical Museum in Collinsville is located in a building of the former Collins Axe Company, founded by Samuel W. Collins and it displays a 19th-century general store, a post office, a printing press and blacksmith and barber shops. Vehicles, tools and farm implements are also exhibited, as well as a railroad diorama, Victorian fashions, toys. The town is on the Farmington River, and Collinsville Canoe & Kayak is the largest specialty canoe, a rail trail also runs through the town. In the southeastern corridor of Canton, along U. S. Route 44, the shopping center has 50 stores and restaurants, including Barnes & Noble, Dicks Sporting Goods, Kohls, ShopRite, Old Navy, Talbots, and Panera Bread. The Collinsville Renewable Energy Promotion Act was a piece of legislation that dealt specifically with Collinsville. The bill was introduced into the United States House of Representatives of the 113th United States Congress by Representatives Elizabeth Esty. The bill directed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reinstate two lapsed licenses and grant them to the town so that the town could restart two old dams and generate hydroelectric power. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 25.0 square miles, of which 24.6 square miles is land and 0.42 square miles. The town center is a place known as Canton Valley, with an area of 1.8 square miles. As of the census of 2010, there were 10,129 people,4,086 households, and 2,785 families residing in the town. The racial makeup of the town was 95. 7% White,0. 9% African American,0. 3% Native American,1. 5% Asian,0. 0% Pacific Islander,0. 4% from other races, and 1. 2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2. 6% of the population, the population density according to the 2000 census, was 359.7 people per square mile. There were 3,616 housing units at a density of 147.2 per square mile

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Chester, Connecticut
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Chester is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,743 at the 2000 census, the town center is also defined by the U. S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place. The Wangunks, a tribe of Native Americans, occupied the land called Pattaconk prior to English settlement of the area in 1692. The town was formed from the quarter of Saybrook and incorporated in 1836. Its location is currently a historical landmark. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 16.8 square miles. The CDP has an area of 2.1 square miles of which 1. 46% is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,743 people,1,510 households, the population density was 233.5 people per square mile. There were 1,613 housing units at a density of 100.6 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 96. 79% White,0. 85% African American,0. 35% Native American,0. 83% Asian,0. 05% Pacific Islander,0. 24% from other races, and 0. 88% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 71% of the population,28. 1% of all households were made up of individuals and 13. 0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the family size was 2.93. In the town, the population was out with 22. 3% under the age of 18,4. 4% from 18 to 24,30. 1% from 25 to 44,26. 1% from 45 to 64. The median age was 42 years, for every 100 females there were 91.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.6 males, the median income for a household in the town was $65,156, and the median income for a family was $79,941. Males had an income of $45,515 versus $40,444 for females. The per capita income for the town was $32,191, none of the families and 1. 3% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 2. 6% of those over 64. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,546 people,632 households, the population density was 762.1 inhabitants per square mile

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Clinton, Connecticut
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Clinton is a town on Long Island Sound in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 13,260 at the 2010 census, the town center along the shore line was listed as a census-designated place by the U. S. Census Bureau in the 2000 census. Pronunciation of the name of the varies, including CLIN-tun. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 19.0 square miles. The CDP corresponding to the center has a total area of 2.7 square miles. Clinton is bordered by the towns of Madison on the west, Westbrook on the east, Clinton is directly off Long Island Sound. The town has one town beach named Clinton Beach, many fishers come to Clinton to catch bluefish. The annual Bluefish Festival is held in Clinton in summer, the town center is known as Clinton Center. It is the location of the Clinton Village Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, cedar Island is located in Clinton Harbor. As of the census of 2000, there were 13,094 people,5,134 households, the population density was 804.2 people per square mile. There were 5,757 housing units at a density of 353.6 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 95. 85% White,0. 57% Black or African American,0. 29% Native American,1. 13% Asian,0. 02% Pacific Islander,1. 02% from other races, and 1. 12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3. 99% of the population,23. 7% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the family size was 3.04. In the town, the population was out with 25. 1% under the age of 18,5. 8% from 18 to 24,31. 1% from 25 to 44,26. 7% from 45 to 64. The median age was 38 years, for every 100 females there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.4 males, the median income for a household in the town was $60,471, and the median income for a family was $71,403. Males had an income of $47,363 versus $34,983 for females

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Coventry, Connecticut
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Coventry is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 12,435 at the 2010 census, the birthplace of Captain Nathan Hale, Coventry is home to the Nathan Hale Homestead, which is now a museum open to the public. Coventry was incorporated in May 1712, according to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 38.4 square miles of which 37.7 square miles is land and 0.6 square miles is water. South Coventry Coventry Lake Coventry was named in October 1711, the first town in the colonies to be named Coventry for Coventry in the West Midlands, United Kingdom. The first house in Coventry was said to have been built near the shore of Lake Wangumbaug by Nathaniel Rust, the entire Rust family is said to have made their final move to Coventry from Massachusetts in a group of a dozen families in 1709. Along with Nathaniel Rust, the names of some of the earliest settlers were David Lee, Thomas Root, Samuel Gurley, Ebenezer Searl, Joseph Petty, Benjamin James, four other settlers were also from Northampton and two from Reading. The land was said to have originally given to men from Hartford by Joshua. A1711 revision added Nathaniel Rust to the committee and the task of procuring a minister of the gospel, the first church was established in October 1714. St. Marys Church is a Roman Catholic church in Coventry, the church is part of the Diocese of Norwich, under the Archdiocese of Hartford. It is located at 1600 Main Street, the old center of the town is in South Coventry, near the intersection of Main Street and Stonehouse Road. In the 19th century, there was an industrial center including mills powered by the water from Coventry Lake Brook as it flowed towards the Willimantic River. The Bidwell used to keep Coventrys town records in the area behind the bar. A few doors away is the W. L Wellwood General Store, the general store was originally built in 1787 making it one of, if not the oldest General Store in America. In all, the area has over 100 historical buildings on the national register, North Coventrys settlement is less dense, and its housing and businesses are of more recent construction. In the 18th century, this section of the town was used for dairy. As the United States expanded westward, many farming families left the fields of Connecticut for the more fertile land of the Ohio River valley. Most of the farms in North Coventry were abandoned, and the land reclaimed by second-growth forest, in the 1960s and 1970s, tract housing developments were built on some of this land, mainly raised ranch or split-level houses on one acre lots. Development slowed from the mid-1970s through the 1990s, but several new developments were constructed in North Coventry after 1990 and these tend to feature larger houses on two acre lots

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Cromwell, Connecticut
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Cromwell is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States located in the middle of the state. The population was 14,005 at the 2010 census, the town was named after a shipping boat that traveled along the Connecticut River, which runs along Cromwell. Said ship was named after Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, the Roman Catholic Padre Pio Foundation of America is located in Cromwell. On the National Register of Historic Places, Main Street Historic District – roughly bounded by Nooks Hill Rd, prospect Hill Rd. Wall and West Sts. and New Ln. and Stevens Ln. and Main St. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 12.9 square miles. A major north/south highway, Interstate 91, with two Cromwell exits, runs through the Town, as of the census of 2010, there were 14,005 people,5,212 households, and 3,262 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,038.5 people per square mile, there were 5,365 housing units at an average density of 432.9 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 93. 08% White,3. 13% African American,0. 05% Native American,1. 24% Asian,0. 01% Pacific Islander,1. 03% from other races, and 1. 47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3. 19% of the population,30. 3% of all households were made up of individuals and 11. 4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the family size was 2.99. In the town, the population was out with 21. 6% under the age of 18,5. 2% from 18 to 24,31. 8% from 25 to 44,25. 3% from 45 to 64. The median age was 40 years, for every 100 females there were 93.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.2 males, the median income for a household in the town was US$60,662, and the median income for a family was $70,505. Males had an income of $46,223 versus $36,218 for females. The per capita income for the town was $29,786, about 1. 6% of families and 3. 4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3. 9% of those under age 18 and 3. 4% of those age 65 or over. There are 4 public schools in Cromwell, Edna C. Stevens Elementary School, Woodside Intermediate School, Cromwell Middle School, actor and Film Producer David Gere was born and raised in Cromwell and attended Cromwell High School, class of 1993. Michael Mikey Dickerson, Administrator of the United States Digital Service was born, before heading the Digital Service, he worked extensively on Healthcare. gov and the Obama presidential campaigns. For his work on Healthcare. gov, he appeared on the cover of Time magazine with his team in March 2014, Town government Web site Central Regional Tourism District

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East Granby, Connecticut
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East Granby is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 5,148 at the 2010 census, original inhabitants of the current East Granby area were Native American peoples, including the Algonquin/Poquonock, the Massaco, and the Agawam. The East Granby area was first settled by Europeans in 1664, the Turkey Hills Ecclesiastical Society in 1786 became a section of Granby, and in 1858 was incorporated as the Town of East Granby. The first incorporated copper mine in America resided in what is now East Granby, the mine later became Old Newgate Prison, a Revolutionary War jail and the first state prison in the United States. Farming was the mainstay of the town for much of its history, the early twentieth century saw local farmers specializing in dairy product and tobacco. East Granby experienced a boom that started in 1951 and resulted in a rise in population. The town celebrated its 150th anniversary with a festival on June 7,8. East Granby is in the Farmington valley, with the Farmington River passing along the border of the town. High points on the Metacomet Ridge in East Granby include Hatchet Hill and Peak Mountain, the 51-mile Metacomet Trail traverses the ridge. As of the census of 2014, there were 5,055 people and 2,129 households, the population density was 289 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 86. 7% White,5. 28% African American, hispanic or Latino of any race were 3. 9% of the population. The town the population was out with 22. 5% under the age of 18,4. 85% from 18 to 24,35. 55% from 25 to 49,22. 5% from 50 to 64. 47. 85% of the population is female, residents that were 18 years or older compromised 77. 47% of the population. 49. 46% of residents that were 18 years or older were female, for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.8 males. In 2000, the age was 39 years. 22. 1% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.04. As of 2000, the income for a household in the town was $68,696. Males had an income of $48,992 versus $37,450 for females

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East Haddam, Connecticut
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East Haddam is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 9,126 at the 2010 census, until 1650, the area of East Haddam was inhabited by at least three tribes of Indians, the Wangunks, the Mohegans and the Nehantics. The Indians called the area “Machimoodus, ” the place of noises, loud rumblings, the “Moodus Noises, ” could be heard for miles surrounding the epicenter of the quakes near Mt. Tom. The land, which is now Haddam and East Haddam, was purchased by settlers from the Indians in 1662 for thirty coats – worth about $100. Layout of the began in 1669 with Creek Row about ¼ mile east of the River. The first permanent settlers established homesteads along Creek Row in 1685, by 1700, there were thirty families living in East Haddam. Agricultural and timber farming, shipbuilding, tanneries and blacksmiths were among the early commerce, captain John Chapman began ferry service across the Connecticut River in 1695, which ended with the completion of the swing bridge in 1913. East Haddam was incorporated as a town from Haddam in 1734. By 1756, there were nearly 2,000 residents, with the Millington District as the most populated, growth of commerce brought a surge in population to around 3,000 people by the mid-1800s. In the nineteenth century, Moodus was the “Twine Capital of America, visitors and residents such as actor, William Gillette, whose castle home was completed in 1914, were drawn to the area known for its rural charm and natural scenery. The growth of the areas of Lake Hayward, Bashan Lake. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 56.6 square miles. Bashan East Haddam Center Hadlyme Leesville Little Haddam Millington Moodus North Plain As of the census of 2000, there were 8,333 people,3,174 households, the population density was 153.4 people per square mile. There were 4,015 housing units at a density of 73.9 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 97. 26% White,0. 84% African American,0. 28% Native American,0. 40% Asian,0. 46% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 98% of the population. 21. 4% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.02. In the town, the population was out with 25. 5% under the age of 18,4. 8% from 18 to 24,33. 3% from 25 to 44,25. 8% from 45 to 64. The median age was 38 years, for every 100 females there were 100.1 males

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East Hampton, Connecticut
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East Hampton is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 12,959 at the 2010 census, the town center village is listed as a census-designated place. East Hampton includes the villages of Cobalt, Middle Haddam, the southern trailhead of the Shenipsit Trail is in Cobalt, and the Airline State Park has its southern trailhead in East Hampton, at Main Street in the Village Center. The 884-acre Hurd State Park, Meshomasic State Forest, and Salmon River State Forest are located in town, comstocks Bridge, more commonly known as the Comstock Covered Bridge and the only remaining covered bridge in eastern Connecticut, spans the Salmon River near Route 16 in East Hampton. The Chatham Historical Society Museum and the Joseph N. Goff House Museum, the European-derived first settlers of the area arrived in 1739 by sea from Eastham, Massachusetts. They traveled up the Connecticut River to Middle Haddam parish between the two adjacent towns of Middletown and Haddam, led by Isaac Smith, some of these settlers went on to the hills near Lake Pocotopaug, the present-day location of East Hampton. In 1746, the settlers named their community Easthampton parish after their home of Eastham. An iron forge at the outlet of Lake Pocotopaug was one of the earliest in Connecticut, the forge supplied the local needs and the shipbuilding industry on the banks of the Connecticut River. Shipbuilding up the Connecticut River was given a boost during the War of 1812 when the British raided a town at the mouth of the Connecticut River, the knowledge gained in forging and casting iron was later used for creating other items including waffle irons. Bell making continued to grow during the 1800s with firms utilizing the power of the Pocotopaug Stream. After the Civil War numerous coffin trimming concerns lined the stream, some firms changed focus over time such as the Watrous Mfg. Co. which started making just bells, later making coffin trimmings, and still later making bell toys. In the 19th century, East Hampton became the center of the manufacturing of bells, so many bells were made in East Hampton that the town was given the name BellTown. The first factory was constructed in 1808 by William Barton on Bevin Hill later renamed Barton Hill, during the 1800s, thirty firms were said to have built and run shops, or small factories producing bell and bell related products. The most prominent names include William Barton and the numerous Barton companies of his sons, Bevin Brothers Manufacturing Company, veazey and White, and Gong Bell. Two firms continued to flourish into the 1950s by changing from making predominantly metal bells with bell toys being a part of their production in the 1800s. These two firms N. N. Hill Brass Co. and Gong Bell Mfg. Co. survived till the 1960s, other mills, which were remediated or did not contain toxics, have been converted into offices, stores, and other small businesses. In 1841, the East Middletown parish, which had been a part of Chatham, separated, Chatham was renamed to East Hampton in 1915, which had long been a second name for the township. The name East Hampton, however, is confusing, since the town is, in fact, approximately 30 miles southwest of Hampton, in addition, there is often confusion between East Hampton and the contiguous town of East Haddam, which was named in 1734

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East Lyme, Connecticut
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East Lyme is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 19,159 at the 2010 census, East Lyme is located in southern New London County, west of Waterford and Montville, east of Lyme and Old Lyme, and south of Salem. Long Island Sound is to the south. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 42.0 square miles, of which 34.0 square miles is land and 7.9 square miles. The town consists primarily of two villages, Flanders and Niantic and it is common for the town of East Lyme to be erroneously called Niantic, due to this side of town being the beach side which is popular with tourists and visitors in the summer months. The village of Niantic gets its name from the Niantic or Nehantic people, whose ranging grounds once extended from Wecapaug Brook, in what is now Rhode Island, to the Connecticut River. Shortly before the first settlers arrived, the Pequots had invaded Nehantic territory, Long before this time, however, as evidenced by The Diary of Joshua Hempstead -1711 -1758 it was known as Nahantick Nyantick or Nehantic, the home territory of the Nehantic Indians. Sportfishing and marinas dominate the industry along with summer tourism. Strong regional businesses include restaurants and hotels/motels serving the towns beaches. Rocky Neck State Park features camping, swimming and picnic areas along with numerous marinas, the boardwalk fully re-opened to the public in March 2016. The Childrens Museum of Southeastern Connecticut is located in East Lymes original public library on Main Street, the museum is aimed primarily at children ages infant to ten years old. The current public library is located on Society Road, away from Niantic, the village of Flanders, originally a farming area along the Old Post Road, gets its name from the development of woolen mills similar to that in Flanders, Belgium. Flanders was the center of the East Lyme society with dozens of 18th century homes, shops. It losts its pre-eminence as Niantic began to flourish, first with the growth of commercial fishing, many of the original Flanders homes have been lost as a result of the construction Interstate 95 in the 1950s and subsequent commercial construction at the Four Corners area. Some homes remain closer to the Waterford line at the site of the old Beckwith Shipyard at the head of the Niantic River, golden Spur is a community located at the head of the Niantic River, which earned it its other name, Head of the River. In the eighteenth century it was the site of the Beckwith shipyard, by the turn of the 20th century it was the site of an amusement park accessible by trolley run by the East Lyme Street Railway. The topography of East Lyme consists of rolling hills and lush valleys rounded by glaciers during the last Ice Age, hills rise to elevations of 250 to 350 feet above sea level in the eastern and central areas of the town. The highest point in town is a hilltop with an elevation of 500 feet located in Nehantic State Forest in the northwest corner of the town

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The Morton House Hotel in the village of Niantic has been in continuous operation for more than 100 years.
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Hole-in-the-Wall Beach in Niantic, looking west towards McCook Point

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East Windsor, Connecticut
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East Windsor is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 11,162 at the 2010 census, the town has five villages, Broad Brook, Melrose, Scantic, Warehouse Point and Windsorville. In 1633, Settlers laid claim to the now known as Windsor which included East Windsor. No English settlers lived on the east side of the river, the first English settler in what is today known as East Windsor, was William Pynchon, the founder of Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1636, he erected a warehouse for his settlements transshipment of goods at what is now known as Warehouse Point. Warehouse Point served as the border of Springfield, Massachusetts, for 132 years — until 1768 — when Warehouse Point. By constructing a warehouse at Warehouse Point, Pynchon essentially forced all northern Connecticut River business to run through him, meanwhile, most of todays East Windsor was part of the prominent Windsor settlement on the east side of the river. Settlers avoided the East Side of the doe to the Podunk tribe who inhabited the area. It is unknown who was the first settler in todays East Windsor, East Windsor also included todays Ellington and South Windsor. Eventually in 1768, The East Windsor parish was partitioned from Windsor, the center of town became what is now East Windsor Hill in todays South Windsor. The North Part of town center was Scantic, in 1832, the Broad Brook Mill was created at the waterfall of the Mill Pond. The town has five sections of town, Warehouse Point, Broad Brook, Scantic, Melrose, and Windsorville. The oldest section of town is Warehouse Point, which, as mentioned, was first used by William Pynchon in the 1630s, the Scantic section of town was the center of town until the mills were built. The Windsorville section of town was once its own community, featuring a church, post office, mini-mart, mulnite Farms is a tobacco farm on Graham Road, established in 1905. In 1897, the voluntary fire department was created in the mill. The Broad Brook Elementary school was established in 1951, in 1961 the town hall burned down. The new town hall is on Rye Street across from the elementary school, the new voluntary fire department building and senior center was built on the same site of the old town hall. A new mini strip mall was built on the site of the mill

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The dam and Opera House in the Broad Brook section of town
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Tobacco field in the Windsorville section of town

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Eastford, Connecticut
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Eastford is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,618 at the 2000 census, Eastford was formed in 1847 when it was broken off from Ashford, Connecticut. It has been a community for its whole history. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 29.2 square miles. Phoenixville—A 1930s book describes it as a crossroads hamlet on Still River. East Phoenixville Benjamin Bosworth House — John Perry Rd. Natchaug Forest Lumber Shed — Kingsbury Rd. Natchaug State Forest Sumner-Carpenter House —333 Old Colony Rd, Union Society of Phoenixville House —4 Hartford Turnpike. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,618 people,618 households, the population density was 56.0 people per square mile. There were 705 housing units at a density of 24.4 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 97. 78% White,0. 43% African American,0. 19% Native American,0. 37% Asian,0. 31% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 36% of the population. 21. 8% of all households were made up of individuals and 9. 1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.06. In the town, the population was out with 26. 3% under the age of 18,5. 6% from 18 to 24,29. 2% from 25 to 44,25. 4% from 45 to 64. The median age was 39 years, for every 100 females there were 103.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.0 males, the median income for a household in the town was $57,159, and the median income for a family was $62,031. Males had an income of $45,000 versus $31,964 for females. The per capita income for the town was $25,364, about 4. 4% of families and 6. 0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10. 0% of those under age 18 and 3. 7% of those age 65 or over. Residents are zoned to the Eastford School District for grades Preschool through 8, the only school in the district is Eastford Elementary School. Most high schoolers attend Woodstock Academy, the town is near three alternative high schools, Ellis Vocational Technical School, Windham Technical School and Quinebaug Middle College. Andrew T. Judson, United States federal judge and US Congressman, nathaniel Lyon, the first Union General to be killed in the Civil War is buried here in his family plot

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Enfield, Connecticut
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Enfield is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 44,654 at the 2010 census and it is bordered by Longmeadow, Massachusetts and East Longmeadow, Massachusetts to the north, Somers to the east, East Windsor and Ellington to the south, and the Connecticut River to the west. Enfield was originally inhabited by the Pocomtuc tribe, and contained their two villages of Scitico and Nameroke, Enfield was settled in 1679 by settlers from Salem, Massachusetts. Enfield was incorporated in Massachusetts in 1683 as the Freshwater Plantation, the namesake is the Freshwater Brook that triverses the town. Shortly around 1700, the changed its name to Enfield after Enfield Town in Middlesex. In 1734, the part of town separated into the town of Somers. Jonathan Edwards preached his famous sermon, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God and it was part of the Great Awakening revival that struck New England in the mid-18th century and spread throughout Western North American civilization. In the 1989 film Glory, boxes of gunpowder can be seen with the words Enfield, in an episode in the 1970s police drama Hawaii Five-O, Jack Lords character Steve McGarrett traces explosives back to The Hazard Gunpowder Company- Enfield, CT. The capacity of the mill at the time of the Civil War was 1,200 pounds per day, over 60 people died in explosions in Powder Hollow during the years when gunpowder was manufactured there. The mill blew up several times, but was set up so that if one building blew up, the ruins of these buildings and the dams are open to the public. Powder Hollow is now home to baseball fields and hiking trails, kings Island in the Connecticut River, previously known as Terry Island, was the location of pivotal meetings of Adventist Christians in 1872 and 1873. There are five sections of the town of Enfield, Enfield Village, Thompsonville, Hazardville, Scitico, and Sherwood Village. In 1793, a historic Shaker village, Enfield Shaker village, the Utopian religious sect practiced celibate, communal living, and is today renowned for its simple architecture and furniture. Membership eventually dwindled, however, and the village disbanded, the property has since been redeveloped by the Enfield Correctional Institution, still located on Shaker Road. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 34.2 square miles, of which 33.3 square miles is land and 0.93 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 45,212 people,16,418 households, the population density was 1,354.3 people per square mile. There were 17,043 housing units at a density of 510.5 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 89. 74% White,5. 61% African American,0. 20% Native American,1. 34% Asian,0. 02% Pacific Islander,1. 57% from other races, and 1. 54% from two or more races

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Franklin, Connecticut
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Franklin is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,922 at the 2010 census, the town includes the village of North Franklin. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 19.6 square miles, of which 19.5 square miles is land and 0.1 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,835 people,687 households, the population density was 94.0 people per square mile. There were 711 housing units at a density of 36.4 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 97. 98% White,0. 71% African American,0. 05% Native American,0. 05% Asian,0. 05% Pacific Islander,0. 05% from other races, and 1. 09% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 20% of the population,18. 9% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the family size was 3.04. In the town, the population was out with 24. 1% under the age of 18,5. 9% from 18 to 24,29. 8% from 25 to 44,27. 4% from 45 to 64. The median age was 40 years, for every 100 females there were 103.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.3 males, the median income for a household in the town was $62,083, and the median income for a family was $68,478. Males had an income of $45,197 versus $31,492 for females. The per capita income for the town was $25,477, about 1. 1% of families and 2. 5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2. 3% of those under age 18 and 6. 0% of those age 65 or over. Due to the size of Franklin, there is no police department, instead, the town has a partnership with the Connecticut State Police to provide coverage in case of an emergency. Franklins volunteer fire department is led by Chief Mark Nall, the all-volunteer department provides fire, rescue, and emergency services to the town. Ashbel Woodward House - built in 1835 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992

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Congregational Church

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Goshen, Connecticut
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Goshen is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 2,976 at the 2010 census, each July, the Connecticut Agricultural Fair is held in town. It is also home to the Goshen players, each Labor Day weekend the Goshen Fair takes place at the Goshen Fair Grounds on Route 63 south just outside the center of town. Similar in nature to the Agricultural Fair having farm animal judgement shows, competition and contest in log chopping, log sawing, haybale throwing, there are food, art, photography, baked goods, and craft contests. Rides for children, vendors of craft goods and food vendor are also present, a large portion of the Mohawk State Forest is located in the town. The Appalachian Trail formerly passed through the town until it was re-routed west of the Housatonic River, Goshen Center West Goshen Other minor communities and geographic areas in the town are, Hall Meadow, North Goshen, Tyler Lake, West Side, and Woodridge Lake. It is only available to residents and they have access to the clubhouse, and all of the lakes beaches. The town was incorporated in 1739, one year after settlement of the center began. The Congregational Church was founded the following year, during the 18th century, Goshen was a farming, and later, prosperous business community. The town manufactured musket rifles during the American Revolution, Other notable business include the pineapple cheese factory and the Brooks pottery shop. The first school in Goshen was built in 1753, a seminary for young women was established in 1819. The Goshen Academy was established several years later and became a preparatory school during the 19th century. Settlers from Goshen were the first to settle Hudson Township, Summit County, as of the census of 2000, there were 2,697 people,1,066 households, and 814 families residing in the town. The population density was 61.8 people per square mile, there were 1,482 housing units at an average density of 33.9 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 98. 26% White,0. 48% African American,0. 15% Native American,0. 74% Asian, hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 22% of the population. 20. 2% of all households were made up of individuals and 6. 9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.91. In the town, the population was out with 22. 7% under the age of 18,5. 3% from 18 to 24,25. 1% from 25 to 44,31. 7% from 45 to 64. The median age was 43 years, for every 100 females there were 97.4 males

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Granby, Connecticut
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Granby is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 11,282 at the 2010 census, the town center is defined as a census-designated place known as Salmon Brook. Other areas in town include North Granby and West Granby, Granby was founded by people who lived in Simsbury and settled as early as 1723. Granby was part of Simsbury until 1786, when it became independent, the name is from Granby, Massachusetts in return, where it was named in honor of John Manners, Marquess of Granby. Part of Southwick, Massachusetts, known as the Notch seceded from Massachusetts in 1774 and this territory became part of Granby when it seceded from Simsbury, but was returned to Southwick as part of an 1803-4 border dispute compromise. In 1707, Daniel Hayes, then aged twenty-two, was captured by the indigenous people, the capture was witnessed, and a rescue party raised, but the group did not catch up with the captors. He was tied up each night, and bound to saplings and it took thirty days to reach Canada, at which point Hayes was forced to run the gauntlet. Near the end of the gauntlet, he hid in a wigwam to avoid an attempted blow by a club, the woman in the wigwam declared that the house was sacred, and having lost a husband and son to a war, adopted Hayes as her son. He remained for years, attending to the woman. Eventually, he was sold to a Frenchman, who learned that Hayes had skill as a weaver, Hayes managed to earn enough to buy his freedom after two years. He then returned to Simsbury, settled down on a farm and he became prominent, both in civil affairs as well as the church at Salmon Brook. The first unauthorized coins minted in the American colonies, and the first in Connecticut, were struck by Dr. Samuel Higley in 1737 from copper mined from his own mine. The coins, including the Traders Currency Token of the Colony of Connecticut were minted in North Simsbury and these coins were made of pure copper, which is very soft. Consequently, there are few in existence today. The first coins were inscribed with a value of three pence, later versions carried the phrase Value me as you please. In 2009 Connecticut Magazine ranked Granby the #3 overall Connecticut small town to live in, and #1 small town in Hartford County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 40.8 square miles, of which 40.7 square miles is land and 0.15 square miles. The town center has an area of 3.0 square miles

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Griswold, Connecticut
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Griswold is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 11,951 at the 2010 census, Griswold contains one borough, Jewett City, and also contains the villages of Doaneville, Rixtown, Glasgo, Hopeville, and Pachaug. The town was named after Governor Roger Griswold. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 37.1 square miles, of which 34.7 square miles is land and 2.4 square miles. As of the census of 2010, there were 11,951 people,4,646 households, the population density was 344.4 people per square mile. There were 5,118 housing units at a density of 147.5 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 91. 6% White,1. 8% African American,0. 9% Native American,2. 2% Asian,0. 03% Pacific Islander,0. 6% some other race, and 2. 8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3. 3% of the population,23. 3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7. 4% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the family size was 3.00. In the town, the population was out with 22. 9% under the age of 18,8. 4% from 18 to 24,27. 2% from 25 to 44,30. 8% from 45 to 64. The median age was 39.6 years, for every 100 females there were 99.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males, at the 2000 census, the median income for a household in the town was $40,156, and the median income for a family was $48,852. Males had an income of $57,869 versus $17,441 for females. The per capita income for the town was $21,196, about 6. 1% of families and 9. 2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6. 1% of those under age 18 and 7. 6% of those age 65 or over. Ashland Mill Bridge - a bridge over the Pachaug River built in 1886, avery House - built in 1770, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Edward Cogswell House - added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, kinne Cemetery - on Jarvis Road, it has been in use since 1713 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. Timothy Lester Farmstead - built in 1741 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998, slater Library and Fanning Annex -26 Main Street in Jewett City, built in 1884 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. The Interstate 395 bridge that crosses the Quinebaug River on the Griswold/Lisbon town line is named in his honor, moses Coit Tyler, author born in Griswold Town of Griswold official website

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First Congregational Church

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Hartland, Connecticut
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Hartland is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 2,114 at the 2010 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 34.6 square miles, of which 33.1 square miles is land and 1.5 square miles. Bounded on the north by the Massachusetts border, Hartland is drained by the Farmington River, the 42nd parallel north and the 73rd meridian west meet in the central western part of town. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,012 people,707 households, the population density was 60.9 people per square mile. There were 759 housing units at a density of 23.0 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 98. 31% White,0. 15% African American,0. 05% Native American,0. 60% Asian,0. 05% Pacific Islander,0. 20% from other races, and 0. 65% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 60% of the population,13. 4% of all households were made up of individuals and 5. 2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83 and the family size was 3.12. In the town, the population was out with 27. 3% under the age of 18,5. 1% from 18 to 24,29. 4% from 25 to 44,27. 5% from 45 to 64. The median age was 40 years, for every 100 females there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.2 males, the median income for a household in the town was $64,674, and the median income for a family was $66,164. Males had an income of $48,309 versus $31,321 for females. The per capita income for the town was $26,473, about 1. 7% of families and 2. 1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0. 6% of those under age 18 and 0. 9% of those age 65 or over

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Killingly, Connecticut
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Killingly is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 17,370 at the 2010 census and it consists of the borough of Danielson and the villages of Attawaugan, Ballouville, Dayville, East Killingly, Rogers, and South Killingly. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 50.0 square miles. The area features Colonial Revival, Italianate, and other architectural styles, the population density was 358.1 people per square mile. There were 7,592 housing units at a density of 156.5 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 93. 1% White,1. 5% African American,0. 4% Native American,1. 8% Asian,0. 7% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 3. 0% of the population. The borough of Danielson, as well as the town of Killingly, is home to a small. Both Danielson and Killingly are on the nations list of top 50 cities with the highest percentage of citizens claiming Laotian ancestry,25. 1% of all households were made up of individuals and 9. 9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the family size was 2.98. In the town, the population was out with 22. 4% under the age of 18,8. 2% from 18 to 24,27. 0% from 25 to 44,28. 5% from 45 to 64. The median age was 40 years, for every 100 females there were 97.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.7 males, the median income for a household in the town was $55,598, and the median income for a family was $68,565. Males had an income of $49,467 versus $35,429 for females. The per capita income for the town was $26,585, about 8. 5% of families and 10. 3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12. 7% of those under age 18 and 6. 1% of those age 65 or over. Danielson Airport is a state owned, public use airport located two miles northwest of the central business district of Danielson, a borough in Killingly. Mary Dixon Kies, the first woman in the United States to receive a patent, Kies was born and lived in South Killingly, an unincorporated village in the Town of Killingly. He was born in North Killingly and he also founded the first philosophical journal in the country. Commissioner of Education from 1970 to 1972 and then the first Assistant Secretary of Education in the Department of Health, Education, marland was born in Danielson, a borough of the Town of Killingly

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A house on Broad Street

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Killingworth, Connecticut
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Killingworth is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The towns name can easily be confused with another Connecticut town, Killingly, or a Vermont ski area, the population was 6,455 as of July 1,2015. Killingworth was established from the area called Hammonasset, taken from the local Native American tribe of the same name, the area originally incorporated the town of Clinton, which were separated along ecclesiastical borders. Part of New London County prior to May 1785, Killingworth was then included in the newly formed Middlesex County and it was named after Kenilworth, England in honor of one of the first settlers, Edward Griswold. Kenilworths name was similar to Killingworth during the American colonial period. In the late 17th century, Killingworth became the birthplace of what would eventually become Yale University, the Rev. Abraham Pierson, the colleges first president, taught some of the first classes in his Killingworth home - which is actually in present-day Clinton, Connecticut. However, in 1701, the colleges first official home was constructed in Old Saybrook on the known as Saybrook Point. Eventually the school was moved to its home in New Haven. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 35.8 square miles, of this total,35.3 square miles is dry land and 0.5 square miles – or 1. 34% – is water-covered. Killingworth also contains Chatfield Hollow State Park, as of the census of July 1,2015, there were 6,455 people,2,513 households, and 1,765 families residing in the town. The population density was 184.7 people per square mile, there were 2,598 housing units at an average density of 70.6 per square mile. 16. 1% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.08. The median age was 40 years, for every 100 females there were 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males, the median income for a household in the town was $112,137. The per capita income for the town was $48,537, none of the families and 1. 7% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 1. 4% of those over 64. Killingworth is governed by a Board of Selectmen, currently headed by First Selectman, Democrat Cathy Iino, with Fred Dudek, students attending school in Killingworth are a part of Connecticuts Regional School District #17, which consists of Haddam and its villages of Haddam Neck and Higganum. The high school is called Haddam-Killingworth High School, and is located in Higganum, the schools sports teams are called the Cougars. A middle-school, named Haddam Killingworth Middle School or HKMS, built in 2006 in Killingworth, the Estuary Transit District provides public transportation throughout Killingworth and the surrounding towns through its 9 Town Transit Service

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Ledyard, Connecticut
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Ledyard /ˈlɛdʒərd/ is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States, located along the Thames River. The town is named after Colonel William Ledyard, a Revolutionary War soldier who was killed with his own saber after surrendering to the British at the end of the Battle of Groton Heights, the population was 15,051 at the 2010 census. The Foxwoods Resort Casino, owned and operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, was located in the section of Ledyard. Within the southwestern area of Ledyard is the known as Gales Ferry. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 40.0 square miles, of which 38.1 square miles is land and 1.9 square miles. Ledyard is situated north of Groton, and borders the east bank of the Thames River in southeastern Connecticut, the northern half of the Naval Submarine Base New London is located in the southwest corner of the town. Ledyard is among the areas of the United States that was covered by an ice sheet during the last Ice Age. Therefore, Ledyard has its share of interesting glacial geology, the glaciers that covered Ledyard carried the many large boulders that litter the town. The town has set aside land designated as a Glacial Park which consists of a section of end moraine and this area encompasses a segment of the Ledyard Moraine—a clast-supported boulder deposit that is anomalous in nature. The principal communities of Ledyard are Ledyard Center and the Gales Ferry section, the town also contains the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation, in the northeastern corner of the town. Andy Dick, actor/comedian, grew up in Ledyard Casey Neistat, filmmaker, grew up in Ledyard Doc Hammer, painter, the population density was 385.1 people per square mile. There were 5,486 housing units at a density of 143.8 per square mile. 16. 4% of all households were made up of individuals and 5. 1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.12. The ages of Ledyards population were spread out with,28. 3% under 186. 3% from 18 to 2431. 0% from 25 to 4425. 4% from 45 to 649. 0% from 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years, for every 100 females there were 97.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.6 males, the median income for a household in the town was $62,647, and the median income for a family was $69,214. Males had an income of $46,582 versus $32,339 for females. The per capita income for the town was $24,953, about 2. 9% of families and 4. 0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4. 5% of those under age 18 and 2. 7% of those age 65 or over

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Bill Library and the Ledyard Congregational Church in Ledyard Center
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Location in New London County, Connecticut
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Ledyard High School in 2014
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Panorama of Ledyard Center, including the fire department, town hall, Ledyard Center School, and Ledyard Congregational Church plus several businesses

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Lisbon, Connecticut
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Lisbon is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States,7.3 miles by road northeast of Norwich. The population was 4,338 at the 2010 census, the town center is also known as the village of Newent. The town school is Lisbon Central School, Lisbon has one of the weakest municipal identity foundations in Connecticut. Its only postal code,06351, is Jewett City, Connecticut, which is a village of the town of Griswold, Connecticut and encompasses all of Lisbon and Griswold. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 16.6 square miles, of which 16.3 square miles is land and 0.4 square miles. The Taft Tunnel carries the Providence and Worcester Railroad through the hills along the Quinebaug River, as of the census of 2000, there were 4,069 people,1,525 households, and 1,181 families residing in the town. The population density was 250.3 people per square mile, there were 1,563 housing units at an average density of 96.1 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 96. 71% White,0. 32% African American,0. 42% Native American,0. 47% Asian,0. 37% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 57% of the population. 18. 6% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.03. In the town, the population was out with 26. 0% under the age of 18,6. 1% from 18 to 24,30. 4% from 25 to 44,26. 0% from 45 to 64. The median age was 39 years, for every 100 females there were 98.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.7 males, the median income for a household in the town was $55,149, and the median income for a family was $61,888. Males had an income of $40,043 versus $25,833 for females. The per capita income for the town was $22,476, about 1. 8% of families and 3. 2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2. 4% of those under age 18 and 3. 4% of those age 65 or over. Andrew Clark House - built in 1740, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, anshei Israel Synagogue - built in 1936, a rare example of a rural synagogue. Lathrop-Mathewson-Ross House - built in 1761, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, john Palmer House Taft Tunnel- Built in 1837, Taft Tunnel is the oldest railroad tunnel in America and continues to serve a line of the Providence and Worcester Railroad. Elias Perkins, congressman Jeannine Phillips, Miss Connecticut USA Town of Lisbon official website

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Litchfield, Connecticut
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Litchfield is a town in and former county seat of Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 8,466 at the 2010 census, the boroughs of Bantam and Litchfield are located within the town. There are also three unincorporated villages, East Litchfield, Milton, and Northfield, located southwest of Torrington, Litchfield also includes part of Bantam Lake. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 56.8 square miles. Litchfield is about 95 mi from Central Park in New York, about 50 mi from the Hudson River valley, and about 40 mi from the nearest sea coast, on Long Island Sound. Bantam East Litchfield Litchfield Milton Northfield As of the census of 2000, there were 8,316 people,3,310 households, the population density was 148.4 people per square mile. There were 3,629 housing units at a density of 64.7 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 96. 99% White,0. 75% Black or African American,0. 23% Native American,0. 47% Asian,0. 01% Pacific Islander,0. 46% from other races, and 1. 09% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 56% of the population,26. 5% of all households were made up of individuals and 13. 2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the family size was 2.98. In the town, the population was out with 25. 2% under the age of 18,3. 6% from 18 to 24,25. 6% from 25 to 44,28. 6% from 45 to 64. The median age was 43 years, for every 100 females there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.3 males, the median income for a household in the town was $58,418, and the median income for a family was $70,594. Males had an income of $50,284 versus $31,787 for females. The per capita income for the town was $30,096, about 2. 8% of families and 4. 0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2. 6% of those under age 18 and 5. 2% of those age 65 or over. Route 202 is the main east-west road connecting Bantam and Litchfield center to the city of Torrington, Route 63 runs north-south through the town center. The Route 8 expressway runs along the line with Harwinton. It can be accessed from the center via Route 118

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Lyme, Connecticut
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Lyme is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 2,406 at the 2010 census, Lyme and its neighboring town Old Lyme are the namesake for Lyme disease. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 34.5 square miles, of which 31.9 square miles is land and 2.6 square miles. The portion of the territory of the Saybrook Colony east of the Connecticut River was set off as the plantation of East Saybrook in February 1665 and this area included present-day Lyme, Old Lyme, and the western part of East Lyme. In 1667, the Connecticut General Court formally recognized the East Saybrook plantation as the town of Lyme, named after Lyme Regis, the eastern portion of Lyme separated from Lyme and became East Lyme in 1823, and the southern portion of Lyme separated as South Lyme in 1855. These two changes were consistent with the laws in the state of Connecticut. As of the 2010 census Lyme had a population of 2,406, as of the census of 2000, there were 2,016 people,854 households, and 613 families residing in the town. The population density was 63.3 people per square mile, there were 989 housing units at an average density of 31.0 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 98. 02% White,0. 05% African American,0. 05% Native American,1. 34% Asian,0. 05% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 14% of the population. 23. 2% of all households were made up of individuals and 10. 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.76. In the town, the population was out with 20. 3% under the age of 18,3. 1% from 18 to 24,22. 0% from 25 to 44,34. 7% from 45 to 64. The median age was 47 years, for every 100 females there were 99.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.5 males, the median income for a household in the town was $73,250, and the median income for a family was $82,853. Males had an income of $56,188 versus $44,750 for females. The per capita income for the town was $43,347, none of the families and 1. 2% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64. The Estuary Transit District provides public transportation throughout Lyme and the towns through its 9 Town Transit Service. Services include connections to the Old Saybrook Train Station, served by Amtrak, some of the earlier notables were residents of the portion of the town that later became Old Lyme

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Manchester, Connecticut
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Manchester is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 58,241. The urban center of the town is the Manchester census-designated place, Manchester was settled by colonists around 1672 as a farming community, although at the time it was known just as Orford Parish. The many rivers and brooks provided power for paper, lumber and textile industries, the town of Hartford once included the land now occupied by the towns of Manchester, East Hartford, and West Hartford. In 1783, East Hartford became a town, which included Manchester in its city limits until 1823. The Pitkin Glassworks operated from 1783-1830 as the first successful glassworks in Connecticut, the Pitkin Glassworks Ruin have been preserved by a historical society. In 1838, the Cheney family started what became the worlds largest silk mill, eventually, Manchester became an ideal industrial community. The mills, houses of the owners, and homes of the workers are now part of the Cheney Brothers Historic District, also of note are the E. E. Hilliard Company Woolen Mills. Founded ca.1780 by Aaron Buckland and later sold to the Hilliard family, The Hilliard Mills are the oldest woolen mill site in the country. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 27.7 square miles, of which 27.4 square miles is land and 0.27 square miles. The Manchester census-designated place consists of the center of the town and has a total area of 6.5 square miles. 6.4 square miles of the CDP is land, and 0.039 square miles, as of the census of 2000, there were 54,740 people,23,197 households, and 14,010 families residing in the town. The population density was 2,008.2 people per square mile, there were 24,256 housing units at an average density of 889.9 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 82. 77% White,8. 42% African American,0. 20% Native American,3. 15% Asian,0. 03% Pacific Islander,3. 12% from other races, and 2. 31% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6. 54% of the population, of all households,31. 1% were made up of individuals and 10. 1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the family size was 2.93. In the town, the population was out with 22. 8% under the age of 18,8. 0% from 18 to 24,33. 0% from 25 to 44,22. 1% from 45 to 64. The median age was 36 years, for every 100 females there were 91.2 males

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Mansfield, Connecticut
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Mansfield is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 26,543 at the 2010 census, Mansfield was incorporated in October 1702 from the Town of Windham, in Hartford County. When Windham County was formed on 12 May 1726, Mansfield then became part of that county, a century later, at a town meeting on 3 April 1826, selectmen voted to ask the General Assembly to annex Mansfield to Tolland County. The town of Mansfield contains the community of Storrs, which is home to the campus of the University of Connecticut. The first silk mill in the United States was constructed in Mansfield and financed by pilgrim descendent, the town, along with neighboring Willimantic, played an important role in the manufacture of thread and other textiles. Though nothing remains of the mill, Mansfield has held several other historic landmarks. A fully intact gristmill, dating to 1835, the Gurleyville Gristmill is the one of its kind in Connecticut. Built on the Fenton River, this stone grist mill remains intact with the original equipment, there are tours available May through October. The adjacent millers house is the birthplace of former CT governor Wilbur L. Cross, more recent yet rare nonetheless, the Mansfield Drive-in, a drive-in movie theater, and Lucky Strike Lanes, a duckpin bowling alley, are among the last of their breed in the nation. Four years later, the director and a once staunch advocate of the school declared, The Mansfield Training School is closed. Since then, the site has allowed to deteriorate, though the University of Connecticut has been slowly finding uses for. The school, with its eerie overturned wheelchairs and neo-classical hospital, remains a magnet for adventurous locals, the police, located directly across U. S. Route 44 from the Mansfield Training School is the Donald T. Bergin Correctional Institution, which closed in August 2011. The Level 2 facility housed approximately 1,000 inmates and it served as a pre-release center for inmates who were approaching the end of their sentence or a period of supervised community placement. Development has increased in recent years, leading to the imposition of a moratorium on new subdivisions. Three large farms operate within Mansfield, including Mountain Dairy, which has been producing and processing milk under the stewardship of one family since 1871, in contrast to many municipalities, Mansfield is actively pursuing a program of smart growth through the construction of a livable downtown. On the Northeastern edge of town, the playwright, actor, Mack permitted his other various friends and associates to board and breed their thoroughbreds on his property. One of these, boxing legend Jack Dempsey, made use of these facilities until Macks death in the mid-1930s. During Macks stewardship of this property, the famous Arabian Stallion Broomstick, sire of numerous Kentucky Derby, the property has since been purchased and maintained by private owners

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Kirby's Mill, in the Mansfield Hollow part of town
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The Mansfield Hollow Dam, constructed in 1952, impounds the waters of the Natchaug, Fenton and Mt. Hope Rivers.

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Marlborough, Connecticut
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Marlborough is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It contains the place of Terramuggus. The towns population was 6,404 at the 2010 census, Marlborough is an upper class suburban and rural community. The local high school is RHAM High School, in 2013, Marlborough ranked third in Connecticut Magazines biannual ranking of Connecticut small towns, median home sale price between $175,000 and $224,999. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 23.5 square miles, of which 23.4 square miles is land and 0.15 square miles. Marlborough is adjacent to four other Connecticut towns, east Hampton, Colchester and Hebron are each in different counties from each other and from Marlborough. It takes approximately 15–20 minutes to get to Hartford,40 minutes to New London,45 minutes to New Haven, Marlborough is generally equidistant between Boston and New York. Boston is an hour and 45 minutes away, while New York City is a car ride. Popular vacation areas are also reasonable drives from Marlborough, the Berkshire Mountains are an hour and 20 minutes away, and popular Rhode Island beaches, depending on which one you go to, are an hour to an hour and 20 minutes away. As of the census of 2010, there were 6,404 people,2,292 households, as of the 2000 census, the population density was 245.2 people per square mile. There were 2,057 housing units at a density of 88.4 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 95. 3% White,1. 3% African American,0. 1% Native American,1. 6% Asian,0. 2% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 2. 8% of the population. 15. 8% of all households were made up of individuals and 5. 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.09. In the town, the population was out with 27. 4% under the age of 18,3. 4% from 20 to 24,22. 7% from 25 to 44,34. 1% from 45 to 64. The median age was 43 years, according to the Connecticut Economic Resource Center the 2008 median household income in Marlborough was $125,917. The median income for a household in the town was $105,265, males had a median income of $78,789 versus $64,959 for females. The per capita income for the town was $49,605, about 0. 4% of families and 1. 1% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 1. 5% of those age 65 or over. The beginnings of the town can be traced back to the opening of Sadlers Ordinary in 1648—which is still in business today, Marlborough was incorporated on 13 October 1803 with land from parts of three neighboring towns, Glastonbury, Colchester and Hebron

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Monroe, Connecticut
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Monroe is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 19,479 at the 2010 census, like many of its neighbors, Monroe is largely considered a bedroom community of New York City and Bridgeport. Monroes neighbors are Easton, Newtown, Oxford, Shelton, the New York Times profiled Monroe in a February 2013 article called Living In Monroe, Conn. A Friend, in Need and Deed. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 26.3 square miles, of which 26.1 square miles is land and 0.2 square miles. The Pequonnock River begins in Monroe in Wolfe Park, inside this outer circle is a profile of a bust of James Monroe, who was the fifth President of the United States, serving from 1817-1825. The town of Monroe owns and operates the FM radio station WMNR, the Monroe Courier is the weekly town newspaper. The local online newspaper is the Monroe Patch, the school district for Monroe is called Monroe Public Schools and includes approximately 4,000 students, in three elementary schools two middle schools, and a high school. In 2011, the STEM Academy at Masuk High School was opened as an alternative option for 6th, 7th. One of Monroes schools was provided to its neighboring town Newtown, St. Jude School, a Catholic school with around 220 students, is located next to St. Jude Parish on Route 111, very close to Route 111s and 110s intersection. St. Jude holds a carnival in the lot in the back of the church every year in the end of August before the school year begins. The first selectman of the town dedicated a day to them, in 2005, they returned to the tournament in Rhode Island as 8th graders. After defeating Worcester and Boston, they lost to Hartford by 5, in 2006, the St. Jude boys junior varsity again won the New England CYO tournament, defeating Hartford, Connecticut. The town of Monroe features ten houses of worship representing numerous faiths. The combined departments operate a total of 1 Truck,1 Quint,2 Rescues,8 Engines,3 Tankers,2 Brush Units,1 Fire Boat,2 Utility Units,1 Squad, and 3 Command Vehicles. The combined departments respond to a total of over 1,000 emergency calls annually. The Fire Marshal is William B, Truck 312 Truck 314 The town of Monroe is served by Monroe Volunteer Emergency Medical Service. Founded in 1977, MVEMS provides pre-hospital emergency care and hosts emergency training such as CPR/AED, EMR

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Montville, Connecticut
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Montville is a town in New London County, Connecticut in the United States. The population was 19,571 at the 2010 census, the villages of Chesterfield, Mohegan, Oakdale, and Uncasville are located within the town, the latter two have their own ZIP codes. Town residents often identify with these more than the Town of Montville as a whole. The latter became friendly to the English, for defense against the Pequot, the Mohegan sachem Uncas had established a fortified village on a promontory above the Thames River within what is now the town of Montville. When the boundaries of New London were first defined in 1646, parts of the modern town of Montville lying south of the river were included in New London, while the area north of the river was treated as Mohegan land. Over time the settlers assumed control of Mohegan lands, in 1703 the area between the Oxoboxo River and Norwich was annexed by New London. In 1786 Montville was separated from New London and incorporated as a separate Town, before incorporation, it was known as the North Parish of New London. In 1819 the adjacent Town of Salem was formed parts of the towns of Montville, Lyme. Chesterfield Kitemaug Massapeag Mohegan Oakdale Palmertown Uncasville Town residents often identify with these more than the Town of Montville as a whole. The center of Oakdale is small, consisting of only a few private residences, the Mohegan Sun casino resort is often referred to as being in Uncasville, although the village is three miles to the south. The Mohegan refer to Uncasville as it is named for a prominent sachem of theirs from the 17th century, as of the census of 2000, there were 18,546 people,6,426 households, and 4,678 families residing in the town. The population density was 441.4 people per square mile, there were 6,805 housing units at an average density of 162.0 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 86. 03% White,5. 49% African American,1. 46% Native American,1. 89% Asian,0. 04% Pacific Islander,2. 23% from other races, and 2. 86% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5. 45% of the population,21. 3% of all households were made up of individuals and 7. 4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the family size was 3.05. In the town, the population was out with 23. 6% under the age of 18,8. 5% from 18 to 24,34. 2% from 25 to 44,22. 8% from 45 to 64. The median age was 36 years, for every 100 females there were 117.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 119.7 males, the median income for a household in the town was $55,086, and the median income for a family was $61,643

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Location in New London County, Connecticut
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South View of Mohegan Chapel, Monhegan in Montville, a sketch by John Warner Barber for his Historical Collections of Connecticut (1836). According to the Connecticut Historical Society, the chapel was constructed in 1831 with funds from "benevolent ladies in Norwich, Hartford and New London" as a church for Mohegan and white residents of the reservation in Montville.
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Uncasville Mfg. Co. mill, about 1906

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Morris, Connecticut
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Morris is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 2,388 at the 2010 census, the town consists of rolling hill country surrounding Bantam Lake, the largest natural lake in the state, covering about 1,200.5 acres. Morris was settled about 1723 and organized in 1767 as the South Farms parish of Litchfield, Morris was initially a farming community. It was incorporated as a town in 1859 and named for James Morris a Revolutionary War soldier. The ruins of the academy sit adjacent to the current James Morris Elementary school, Morris played a role in the Revolutionary War with many homes serving as quarters for revolutionaries from Maine and Vermont during their journey south to battles in New York. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 18.7 square miles. Lakeside Morris center West Morris East Morris Rather than a mayoral system, the First Selectman is the full-time chief executive and administrative officer responsible for the day-to-day operation of the town government. The Board of Selectmen establishes administrative and personnel policies and executes town policies, as of the census of 2000, there were 2,301 people,912 households, and 640 families residing in the town. The population density was 133.9 people per square mile, there were 1,181 housing units at an average density of 68.7 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 97. 48% White,0. 70% African American,0. 13% Native American,0. 83% Asian,0. 17% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 87% of the population. 24. 5% of all households were made up of individuals and 9. 3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.03. In the town, the population was out with 24. 6% under the age of 18,4. 9% from 18 to 24,28. 4% from 25 to 44,27. 9% from 45 to 64. The median age was 41 years, for every 100 females there were 99.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males, the median income for a household in the town was $58,050, and the median income for a family was $63,293. Males had an income of $49,063 versus $37,279 for females. The per capita income for the town was $29,233, about 3. 4% of families and 6. 3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10. 8% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over. Route 61 and Route 63 are the main highways in the town. Route 109 runs east-west from Washington Depot through West Morris, Lakeside, Morris town center, Route 209 runs between routes 109 and 202 along the west shore of Bantam Lake

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Newtown, Connecticut
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Newtown is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is part of the greater Danbury metropolitan area as well as the New York metropolitan area, Newtown was founded in 1705 and later incorporated in 1711. As of the 2010 census, its population was 27,560, in 1705, English colonists purchased the Town site from the Pohtatuck Indians, a branch of the Pasgussett. It was originally known as Quanneapague, settled by migrants from Stratford and incorporated in 1711, Newtown residents had many business and trading ties with the English. It was a stronghold of Tory sentiment during the early Revolutionary War, late in the war, French General Rochambeau and his troops encamped here in 1781 during their celebrated march on their way to the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, which ended the Revolution. An important crossroads throughout its history, the village of Hawleyville briefly emerged as a railroad center. The towns population grew to over 4,000 circa 1881, in the following decades, the population dwindled to a low of 2,635 in 1930 before again growing. Local industry has included the manufacture of furniture, tea bags, combs, fire hoses, folding boxes, buttons, and hats, as well as farming, the game of Scrabble was developed here by James Brunot. From the period of development and suburbanization following World War II, the town has developed as a suburb of Danbury, with many people also commuting to Norwalk, Stamford. In November 1986, Helle Crafts was killed by her husband Richard Crafts in the infamous Woodchipper Murder, on December 14,2012, Adam Lanza shot his mother at home and then went to Sandy Hook Elementary School where he killed 26 people before killing himself. The northeastern border of the town is a border that follows the Housatonic River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 59.1 square miles, of which 57.8 square miles is land and 1.3 square miles. Newtown is located in northern Fairfield County, about 45 miles southwest of Hartford, the states fifth largest town in area, it is bordered by Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Easton, Monroe, Oxford, Redding and Southbury. As of the census of 2000, there were 25,031 people,8,325 households, the population density was 433.4 people per square mile. There were 8,601 housing units at a density of 148.9 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 95. 14% White,1. 75% Black or African American,0. 14% Native American,1. 40% Asian,0. 04% Pacific Islander,0. 64% from other races, and 0. 89% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2. 36% of the population,14. 8% of all households were made up of individuals and 5. 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the family size was 3.24

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Norfolk, Connecticut
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Norfolk is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,787 at the 2010 census, Norfolk was first settled in 1744 and incorporated in 1758, later than most surrounding towns because of the dense woods, rocky soil and high elevation. The town has ever since had a summer colony. Like several other towns in the Litchfield Hills, Norfolk has, in recent years, developed a sizable population of weekenders from New York City. The town of Norfolk celebrated its semiquincentennial on August 1–2,2008. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 46.4 square miles. The town is located in the Litchfield Hills portion of the Appalachian mountain range, norfolks elevation is 1,230 feet above sea level, and the town is sometimes called the Icebox of Connecticut for its severe winters and particularly cool summers. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,660 people,676 households, the population density was 36.6 people per square mile. There were 871 housing units at a density of 19.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 97. 11% White,0. 48% African American,0. 24% Native American,0. 54% Asian,0. 60% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 96% of the population. 24. 6% of all households were made up of individuals and 10. 4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.92. In the town, the population was out with 23. 7% under the age of 18,4. 3% from 18 to 24,29. 2% from 25 to 44,29. 0% from 45 to 64. The median age was 41 years, for every 100 females there were 96.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.0 males, the median income for a household in the town was $58,906, and the median income for a family was $67,500. Males had an income of $41,654 versus $36,442 for females. The per capita income for the town was $34,020, about 1. 8% of families and 4. 1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4. 3% of those under age 18 and 6. 2% of those age 65 or over. The main thoroughfares of the town are Route 44 and Route 272, blackberry River Inn - built in 1763 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Gould House - listed on the National Register of Historic Places, haystack Mountain Tower - built in 1929 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993

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North Branford, Connecticut
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North Branford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 14,407 at the 2010 census, North Branford is home to mountains showing panoramic views- Mt. Shawn and Jade Ridge. The town has the neighborhoods of Totoket, Wood Chase, Northford, Sea Hill, Twin Lakes, ENB, South Queach, Ashley Park, population and Area of Each Neighborhood, Northford,14.5 sq. miles, pop. 6003 Sea Hill,2.5 sq. miles, pop,2003 ENB,1.6 sq. miles, pop. 719 Doral Farms,0.4 sq. miles, pop,259 Ashley Park,0.1 sq. miles, pop. 122 South Queach,1.2 sq. miles, pop,420 Twin Lakes,2.5 sq. miles, pop. 2101 Wood Chase,1.1 sq. miles, pop,988 Totoket,2.8 sq. miles, pop. 1782 Mt. Shawn, the highest mountain in the Twin Lakes neighborhood and it offers panoramic views of over 20 miles away. The mountain is rumored to be haunted- as sounds of dogs barking and it is adjacent to Jade Ridge, on the top of a cliff standing high over the Doral Farms neighborhood. Jade Ridge has an elevation of 331 feet, and is next to Mt. Shawn. It is known for a number of snakes and hawks. There have been multiple UFO sightings on the summit of the ridge that still cant be explained, the same sounds at Mt. Shawn can be heard at Jade Ridge. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 26.6 square miles. Neighboring towns are Wallingford and Durham to the north, Guilford to the east, Branford to the south, and North Haven and East Haven to the west. Much of the acreage is dominated by Totoket Mountain, part of the Metacomet Ridge. The north side of Saltonstall Mountain is also located in North Branford, Totoket Mountain contains Lake Gaillard, a reservoir, formed in 1926, managed by the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority. The SCCRWA maintains a network of hiking trails on Totoket Mountain in the Big Gulph area of Northford, the SCCRWA is said to own one-third of the towns area. Totoket Mountain,720 feet high, is he highest point of the town in the Northford neighborhood, as of the census of 2000, there were 13,906 people,5,132 households, and 3,869 families residing in the town

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Location in New Haven County, Connecticut

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North Canaan, Connecticut
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North Canaan is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,350 at the 2000 census, the town center is still called Canaan by local residents, being the main town center of the old Town of Canaan prior to North Canaan splitting off as its own town. The Union Depot building, a railroad station, is being restored. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 19.5 square miles. Canaan Canaan Valley East Canaan Sodom As of the census of 2000, there were 3,350 people,1,343 households, the population density was 172.2 people per square mile. There were 1,444 housing units at a density of 74.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 96. 93% White,1. 19% African American,0. 18% Native American,0. 18% Asian,0. 39% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 2. 36% of the population. 30. 2% of all households were made up of individuals and 13. 9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.98. In the town, the population was out with 23. 3% under the age of 18,6. 7% from 18 to 24,28. 1% from 25 to 44,22. 9% from 45 to 64. The median age was 40 years, for every 100 females there were 92.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.1 males, the median income for a household in the town was $39,020, and the median income for a family was $52,292. Males had an income of $34,135 versus $23,705 for females. The per capita income for the town was $18,971, about 3. 3% of families and 5. 8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3. 1% of those under age 18 and 5. 0% of those age 65 or over. The main highways of the town are Route 7 and Route 44, the North Canaan Union Depot, originally built in 1872, was heavily damaged by a fire in 2001 and has been under restoration by the Connecticut Railroad Historical Association since 2003. It lies along a reformed Housatonic Railroad though there is no scheduled service at this time. K-8 North Canaan Elementary School 9-12 Housatonic Valley Regional High School U. S

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Location in Litchfield County, Connecticut

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North Haven, Connecticut
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North Haven is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut on the outskirts of New Haven, Connecticut. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 24,093, North Haven is less than 10 miles from downtown New Haven and Yale University. In July 2007, Money magazine ranked North Haven as the eighty-sixth best place to live in the United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 21.1 square miles, of which 20.8 square miles is land and 0.3 square miles. North Haven is located less than 10 miles from Long Island Sound, North Haven is 27 miles south of Hartford,76 miles northeast of New York City,80 miles west of Providence and 115 miles southwest of Boston. The center of town is an area stretching along U. S. Route 5, the first meeting house, completed in 1722, stood on the Green, west of what is now known as the Old Center Cemetery. About half of the original Pierpont gift remains today as the North Haven Green, ezra Stiles enumerated about forty families living in North Haven in the early part of the eighteenth century. All of these people were farmers, producing what they needed for themselves. In 1786, the General Assembly permitted North Haven to incorporate as a town, New roads were built to facilitate communication, namely the Hartford Turnpike in 1798 and the Middletown Turnpike in 1813. The first United States census counted 1,236 people in the community of North Haven in 1790. However, the 1789 Grand List had found 1,620 sheep in North Haven, by the middle of the nineteenth century, signs of the Industrial Revolution were apparent. In 1838, the New Haven and Hartford Railroad had laid its tracks along the sand plains by the Quinnipiac River. In addition, small industries such as the manufacture of implements in Clintonville began in 1830. On the 1850 census, 62% of the population were listed as farmers, one third of the residents worked in various nonagricultural occupations such as mechanics, brickmakers, and shoemakers. After the Civil War, the production of bricks, especially by the I. L. Stiles Co. brought immigrants to North Haven from Ireland, Germany, Italy. By 1880,11 out of 100 people had been born outside of the United States, in the 1880s, Solomon Linsley, a North Haven architect, built the Memorial Town Hall and the new District 4 School. Linsley designed and built 32 Victorian style houses and public buildings in North Haven, by 1900, public transportation was important to North Haven residents. Eighteen passenger trains stopped at the Broadway station every day, the Airline Railroad ran through Montowese and Clintonville to Middletown

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John Warner Barber 's 1835 engraving, showing St. John's Episcopal Church, the Trumbull House and the North Haven Congregational Church on the town Green
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Location in New Haven County, Connecticut
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Storage barn on Dixwell Avenue, near the Hamden border.

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North Stonington, Connecticut
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North Stonington is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 5,297 at the 2010 census, North Stonington was split off from Stonington in 1724. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 55.0 square miles, of which 54.3 square miles is land and 0.7 square miles. Until the 17th century, the Pequots, the Niantics, little is known about Native American activities in North Stonington prior to English colonization in the area. The Pequots imprint remained in the town, however, for much of the 17th century, North Stonington was thinly populated by the Pequots and European settlers. Starting in the 1630s and 1640s, the English established coastline settlements in Wequetequock, however, the pressure of a growing population and continued immigration in succeeding decades caused homesteading to steadily push northward. Main was formerly of Massachusetts, he had served in King Philips War, burch had been a blacksmith in England before making the crossing to America and establishing a land stake. Other pioneers soon followed, families arrived during the 1670s and 1680s who formed the backbone of the town and they were the Mains, Miners, Wheelers, Browns, Palmers, Hewitts, and Averys, to name a few. Among those were John Swan and his family in 1707, for whom Swantown Road is named, for most of the 18th century, the towns inhabitants focused on carving out homesteads and farms from virgin forests. Roads began to be forged through the wilderness, beyond just cattle paths. Colonial surveyors in 1753 marked out the route of the Pawcatuck-Voluntown Road. In 1768, a stagecoach was opened between Norwich and Providence via North Stonington and Pawcatuck, this road became the Norwich-Westerly Road. In 1724, North Stonington gained its name by decree of the Connecticut Assembly. A church was erected in 1727 and gained a permanent minister in 1731. This meeting house stood for about a century and became known as the Black Church, perhaps because its walls were never painted. The Great Awakening swept through the American colonies in the early- to mid-1740s, one of the main results of this revivalist movement was the rapid growth of the Baptist Church in America, and North Stonington became a bastion of this denomination in Connecticut. Much of the congregation for this came from Rev. Fishs flock. A stone marker is now at the site, turmoil within Rev. Fishs congregation culminated in the departure of another group that formed a Strict Congregationalist Church in 1746 more than a mile west of the Village

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First Baptist Church on Pendleton Hill in 2011
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Old Saybrook, Connecticut
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Old Saybrook is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 10,242 at the 2010 census, the trading post was named Kievits Hoek, or Plovers Corner. Kievits Hoek was soon abandoned as the Dutch consolidated settlement at New Amsterdam, in 1633, Fort Goede Hoop, was established at present-day Hartford. The Pequot siege of Saybrook Fort took place from September 1636 to March 1637 during the Pequot War, following the August 1636 Massachusetts Bay attack on Manisses, Pequot, and Western Niantic villages, the Pequot retaliation fell on the English at Saybrook. During an eight-month time period, the Pequot killed and wounded more than twenty English at, during the Siege and Battle of Saybrook Fort, the Pequot and English assessed each others military capabilities, and adjusted counter-tactics. Each side’s tactical modifications show a degree of sophistication, planning. Lessons learned during the siege of Saybrook escalated the Pequot War in Connecticut Colony, the Saybrook Colony was established in late 1635 at the mouth of the Connecticut River, in what is today Old Saybrook and environs. Winthrop was aided by Colonel George Fenwick and Captain Lion Gardiner, as the principals of the group who had planned to settle the colony were supporters of Oliver Cromwell and remained in England during the English Civil War, the colony struggled. In 1644, Fenwick agreed to merge the colony with the more vibrant Connecticut Colony a few miles up river, the design of the Flag of Connecticut comes from the seal of Saybrook Colony. The seal was brought from England by Colonel George Fenwick, and depicted 15 grapevines, in 1647 Mason assumed command of Saybrook Fort which controlled the main trade and supply route to the upper river valley. The fort promptly and mysteriously burned to the ground but another improved fort was built nearby. He spent the next twelve years there and served as Commissioner of the United Colonies, as the military officer, magistrate. In 1659, almost all settlers from Saybrook under the leadership of Major John Mason, purchased land from Uncas, sachem of the Mohegan tribe, removed to and founded Norwich, on October 9,1701 the Collegiate School of Connecticut was chartered in Old Saybrook. It moved to New Haven in 1716, and was later renamed Yale University, turtle - the first American submarine - was invented in Westbrook Connecticut in 1775 by David Bushnell, a replica is housed at Old Saybrook Senior High School. The General Assembly created the town of Old Saybrook from Saybrook in 1852. Old Saybrook was partitioned again in 1854 when the part became the town of Essex. In early 2007, plans were established to return the town hall building to its original use as a theater. The theatre was completed in 2009 and is named Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center and Theater, the town has committed spending almost $2 million on the renovation, and at least $810,000 is to be contributed by the state

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Plainfield, Connecticut
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Plainfield is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 15,405 at the 2010 census, the town comprises four villages, Plainfield, Moosup, Wauregan, and Central Village. Each village has their own respective United States Post Office and fire department, the entire town is serviced by the 860 area code. Plainfield was incorporated in 1699 as the town of Quinebaug and renamed the year to its current name. Combined with the mills, Plainfield had incredible commerce for a town because four railways from Hartford, New York, Boston. There was also a highly acclaimed school on Academy Hill, which is how the present Academy Hill Road got its name.6775 N,71.9220 W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 43.0 square miles. From the southernmost point, Plainfield is 20 miles inland of the Long Island Sound, Plainfield is the southernmost town of Windham County. The Quinebaug River generally forms the border of the town. The Moosup River feeds the Quinebaug and runs across the portion of town. Plainfield is bisected by the Connecticut Turnpike and is serviced by three exits, Lathrop Road at exit 87, CT 14A at exit 88, and CT14 at exit 89, all exits are off the I-395 portion of the Turnpike, which runs north and south. Exit 90 off I-395 North is in Plainfield, but does not offer access to any Plainfield streets, CT12 generally runs parallel to the west of the Turnpike, and is less than one-half mile from all three Turnpike exits. Providence, RI is the closest major city,30 miles to the East, Boston, MA is 60 miles Northeast, New York City, NY is 120 miles Southwest. The closest domestic airport is T. F. Green Airport in Warwick, nearby Amtrak passenger rail stations include New London and Providence, both are roughly 40 minute drives. New London is also served by the Shore Line East commuter railroad, as of the census of 2000, there were 14,619 people,5,444 households, and 3,908 families residing in the town. The population density was 345.9 people per square mile, there were 5,676 housing units at an average density of 134.3 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 96. 15% White,0. 78% African American,0. 53% Native American,0. 60% Asian,0. 03% Pacific Islander,0. 63% from other races, and 1. 29% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2. 63% of the population,21. 4% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older

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Location in Windham County and the state of Connecticut.
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Moosup Free Public Library, about 1908

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Portland, Connecticut
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Portland is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 8,732 at the 2000 census, the town center is listed as a census-designated place. It is situated across the Connecticut River from Middletown, Brownstone quarried in Portland was used in the construction of Hartfords Old State House in 1796. The vast majority of the buildings in Connecticut as well as the famous brownstones in New York City were built with brownstone from Portlands quarries. About half of the perimeter is made up of the Connecticut River. The town has eight marinas and boat clubs as well as three 18-hole golf courses, the Wangunk tribe lived in the area prior to European settlement, and lived in Portland continuously throughout the settler period. Wangunk descendants still live in the area today and their name referred to the bend in the Connecticut River which curves around half of the towns perimeter. The first European settlers came to Portland in the 1690s and they were attracted by brownstone, which was used both for construction and for gravestones. Proximity to the river meant that the stone could be transported far and wide, by the 1850s, more than 1,500 people were employed in the quarry industry. More than 25 ships transported the stone, by the 1850s, shipbuilding became more important as an industry, and the economic center of town shifted toward the Gildersleeve area. Immigrants from Ireland, then Sweden, then Italy came to town to work the quarries and it originally was part of Middletown and then known as East Middletown. In 1767, Chatham, which then included Portland and East Hampton, was founded, the town was a part of Chatham until 1841, when it became separate. Its name comes from Portland, England, a famous for its freestone quarries. Portlands oldest church is the First Congregational Church, in 1710 a meeting was held for the building of a meetinghouse for preaching. The Connecticut General Assembly approved parish privileges in 1714, after a vociferous controversy, a location for the new Third Ecclesiastical Society of Middletown meetinghouse was decided upon at Hall Hill. On October 25,1721, Rev. Daniel Newell, the first pastor, was ordained, the Bristol, Connecticut native and Yale College graduate died in 1731. In 1748 a new meetinghouse was built, and in 1843 the name of the society was changed to the First Ecclesiastical Society of Portland, before quarrying became the towns chief industry in the nineteenth century, Portland was known for its shipbuilding. The Gildersleeve village in town is associated with the Gildersleeve family, the first vessel built in town was launched in 1741

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Brownstone quarry, about 1911
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Prospect, Connecticut
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Prospect is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 9,405 at the 2010 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 14.5 square miles, of which 14.3 square miles is land and 0.2 square miles. Neighboring towns are Waterbury to the north, Cheshire to the east, Bethany to the south, as of the 2010 Census, there were 9,405 people,3,357 households, and 2,616 families residing in the town. The population density was 608.1 people per square mile, there were 3,094 housing units at an average density of 216.1 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 95. 3% White,1. 9% African American,0. 1% Native American,0. 8% Asian,0. 8% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 3. 3% of the population. 28. 4% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.15. In the town, the population was out with 22. 6% under the age of 18,7. 5% from 18 to 24,22. 0% from 25 to 44,32. 7% from 45 to 64. The median age was 43.8 years, for every 100 females there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.0 males, the median income for a household in the town was $93,631, and the median income for a family was $104,306. The per capita income for the town was $26,827, about 2. 1% of families and 2. 4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3. 1% of those under age 18 and 3. 7% of those age 65 or over. As of 2013 Robert Chatfield, the longest serving elected official in the state, has held the title of mayor in Prospect for 20 terms. In 1967, Prospect switched from first selectman to chief administrative officer, Chatfield, a Republican, was elected to that office on November 7,1977, and became the second mayor of the town, following George Sabo. Since that time, he has been the only mayor many Prospect residents have known and his most memorable moment in office came when he coined the phrase The Best Small Town in Connecticut, which has become a favorite among residents. In the late 1990s, Connecticut magazine named the one of the worst small towns in the state based on statistics compiled by various agencies. The statement so riled Chatfield, he and several other area chief officials wrote to the magazine supporting Prospect, the day the magazine came out, Chatfield said, he went to a sign company and ordered tags and bumper stickers claiming Prospect as the Best Small Town in Connecticut. The tags were placed on all vehicles, and have remained there since. The town of Prospect is combined with Beacon Falls to create Region 16

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Putnam, Connecticut
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Putnam is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 9,584 at the 2010 census and it is home to WINY, an AM radio station. Putnam, originally known as Aspinock, then part of Killingly, is a New England mill town incorporated in 1855, created from sections of Killingly, Pomfret, and Thompson, the town was named in honor of Revolutionary War General Israel Putnam. Putnam was a key contributor in providing clothing and other goods to the Civil War soldiers, there were numerous mills and a train ran through the town, providing transportation for the goods being produced. On August 19,1955, Putnam was devastated by floods from torrential downpours caused by two hurricanes, which hit Connecticut within the span of a week, hurricane Connie affected Connecticut on August 13, dropping between four and six inches of rain across the state. Hurricane Diane soaked the state with 14 inches of rain on August 18–19, the result was flooding in many of the states rivers, including the Quinebaug River. The resulting torrent of water destroyed homes, businesses and factories, floating magnesium barrels burst, lighting up the night. The railroad bed was washed away, toward the end of the twentieth century, the town took advantage of the empty mills and underutilized downtown commercial buildings to develop a large antique center. Antique shops line Main Street and other areas in town, Putnam was also the unlikely base of operations for the All-Russian Fascist Organization, a pre-war Russian emigre group that advocated fascism for the country under Anastasy Vonsyatsky. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 20.4 square miles. The town is drained by the Quinebaug River, which runs north and south through the center of town, a tributary of the Quinebaug, the Five Mile River, runs north and south through East Putnam. Putnam has common boundaries with Thompson on the north, with Rhode Island on the east, with Killingly on the south and with Pomfret and Woodstock on the west. The town is crossed by Interstate 395, U. S. Route 44, Connecticut Route 12, Connecticut Route 21 and Connecticut Route 171. Putnam District Putnam Heights East Putnam As of the 2010 census, there were 9,584 people,3,950 households, the population density was 472.1 people per square mile. There were 4,299 housing units at a density of 211.8 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 94. 1% White,1. 3% African American,0. 6% Native American,1. 0% Asian,0. 0% Pacific Islander,0. 6% from other races, and 2. 3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2. 9% of the population,30. 9% of all households were made up of individuals and 12. 3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the family size was 2.89

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Redding, Connecticut
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Redding is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 9,158 at the 2010 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, Redding has an area of 32.1 square miles, of which 31.5 square miles is land and 0.6 square miles. Redding borders Bethel, Danbury, Easton, Newtown, Ridgefield, Redding has four primary sections, Redding Center, Redding Ridge, West Redding, and Georgetown, which is situated at the junction of Redding, Ridgefield, Weston and Wilton. Reddings topography is dominated by three ridges, running north to south, with intervening valleys featuring steep slopes and rocky ledges in some sections. Four streams flow south through Redding toward Long Island Sound, the Aspetuck River, the Little River, the Norwalk River, the Saugatuck River flows through the Saugatuck Reservoir, Reddings largest body of water which stretches south into Weston. The reservoir was created in 1938 through the flooding of a portion of the Saugatuck River Valley, as of the census of 2010, there were 9,158 people,3,470 households, and 2,593 families residing in the town. Redding has the third lowest population density in Fairfield County at 285.3 people per square mile, between 2000 and 2010, Reddings population increased 10. 7%. There were 3,811 housing units as of 2010, up 23. 5% from a decade earlier, for an average density of 118.7 units per square mile. The racial makeup of the town as of 2010 was 94. 90% White,0. 70% African American,0. 10% Native American,2. 20% Asian,2. 10% from other races or from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2. 60% of the population, individuals comprised 21. 3% of all households and 12. 1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the family size was 3.07. In the town, the population was out with 26. 0% under the age of 18,3. 2% from 18 to 24,16. 3% from 25 to 44,36. 2% from 45 to 64. The median age was 46.4 years, for every 100 females there were 92.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.4 males, the median income for a household in 2000 was $104,137, and the median income for a family was $109,250. In 2009, the family income rose to $141,609. Males had an income of $77,882 versus $52,250 for females. The per capita income for the town was $50,687, about 1. 2% of families and 1. 8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2. 1% of those under age 18 and 3. 5% of those age 65 or over

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Salisbury, Connecticut
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Salisbury is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of the New York metropolitan area. The town is the northwest-most in the State of Connecticut, the MA-NY-CT Tri-State Marker is located just on the border of Salisbury. The population was 3,977 at the 2000 census, Salisbury was established and incorporated in 1741, and contains several historic homes, though some were replaced by larger modern structures in the late 20th century. Salisbury was named for a town in England, historian Ed Kirby tells us that traces of iron were discovered in what was to become Salisbury in 1728, with the discovery of the large deposit at Old Hill in 1731 by John Pell and Ezekiel Ashley. Beginning before the Revolution, during the Federal period, and until around 1920, the solution, according to Muir, was to pour labor into the iron, working it into a quality of wrought iron so high that it could be used even for gun barrels. Peter P. Everts, an agent of the mines, however. The iron industry in Salisbury became inactive following World War I, a plan to revive it during World War II was never implemented, scoville Library in Salisbury was the first in the United States open to the public free of charge. Salisbury is also home to the oldest Methodist Church in New England, The Lakeville Methodist Church, constructed in 1789. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 60.1 square miles. Although the peak of Mount Frissell lies in Massachusetts at an elevation of 2,453 ft, within Salisbury there are several ponds and six lakes, Wononscopomuc, Washinee, Washining, Wononpakook, Riga Lake and South Pond. The town of Salisbury includes the villages of Salisbury and Lakeville, and the hamlets of Amesville, Lime Rock, historically the areas of Joyceville, Ore Hill, Hammertown, Weatogue and Twin Lakes were recognized as separate communities but are no longer. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,977 people,1,737 households, the population density was 69.4 people per square mile. There were 2,410 housing units at a density of 42.0 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 95. 75% White,1. 66% African American,0. 33% Native American,0. 96% Asian,0. 45% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 53% of the population. 33. 7% of all households were made up of individuals and 15. 3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.81. In the town, the population was out with 22. 4% under the age of 18,3. 7% from 18 to 24,20. 4% from 25 to 44,31. 9% from 45 to 64. The median age was 47 years, for every 100 females there were 89.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.4 males, the median income for a household in the town was $53,051, and the median income for a family was $69,152

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Seymour, Connecticut
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Seymour is a town located in western New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 16,540 at the 2010 census, Seymour is surrounded by the communities of Ansonia and Derby to the southeast, Beacon Falls to the north, Woodbridge to the east, and Shelton and Oxford to the west. Seymour was incorporated as a town in May 1850, and was named for Governor Thomas H. Seymour, the area that now encompasses the lands of the town was originally part of the town of Derby. The downtown portion of what is now Seymour was eventually called Humphreysville, named after Revolutionary War hero David Humphrey, aide-de-camp to General George Washington. Humphreys had purchased a factory in what is the portion of the town. In 1836, Humphreysville was incorporated as a borough within the town of Derby by the General Assembly, upon the creation of the town of Seymour in 1850, the borough government was dis-incorporated. The Town of Seymour, CT has its own department,2 fire companies. The Police Chief is Michael Metzler, the Police Department currently operates out of its headquarters located at 11 Franklin Street. The department was located at 4 Wakeley Street. The chief of the Fire Department is James Smith who is assisted by three assistant chiefs, the department consists of two fire companies each led by one captain and two lieutenants. The fire marshals office is located at the Town Hall and is staffed by a fire marshal and several deputy marshals. The Citizens Engine Company No 2 is located on DeForest Street with its primary response area being the downtown, Citizens Engine was organized in 1884 when the town purchased a Button steam powered fire engine. The original fire company, which was organized in 1882, was later disbanded, the current firehouse was erected in the 1890s and a few years later the hose / bell tower was struck by lighting, which severely damaged it, the tower was then dismantled and rebuilt. The current apparatus bay addition was erected in 1976, the Citizens operate two engines, one mini-attack / brush pumper, a heavy rescue, a tower-ladder and a hazmat unit. The Great Hill Hose Company was organized in 1945 to help improve fire protection to Seymours rapidly growing Great Hill, since the Citizens Engine Company was located downtown it took quite some time for the firefighters and apparatus to reach the west side area. The Company was first located on Great Hill Road near the old Grange building, since the Great Hill area did not have the luxury of fire hydrants, the company utilized ponds and also tanker trucks that carried water. Since the 1950s the Great Hill area continued to grow with new homes, the Great Hill Hose Company operates two fire engines, a water tanker truck, a heavy rescue truck, a mini attack / brush unit, a rescue boat and a utility vehicle. Seymour Ambulance Association was organized in 1969 and incorporated as an entity in 1972

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Sharon, Connecticut
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Sharon is a town located in Litchfield County, Connecticut, in the northwest corner of the state. It is bounded on the north by Salisbury, on the east by the Housatonic River, on the south by Kent, and on the west by Dutchess County, New York. At the time of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 2,782. The ZIP code for Sharon is 06069, the first inhabitants of the area they called Poconnuck were the Mattabesec Indians. These were part of what became known as the Wappinger confederacy which in turn belonged to the loose Algonquian confederacy and it is named after the Plain of Sharon. 1765, John Cotton Smith, a prominent Connecticut politician, is born in Sharon,1782, The population of Sharon grows to over 2,230 people. 1960, Young Americans for Freedom is founded at the estate of William F. Buckley, the founding statement of this group will thus be known as the Sharon Statement. The following is a description of Sharon and its surroundings from a 1919 guide book to New England travel, the Street,200 feet wide and two miles long, is bordered by grand old elms forming a natural arbor. The Soldiers Monument with a cannon, and a stone clock tower are the modern features of the village. The Governor John Cotton Smith House, a specimen of Georgian architecture, is still perfectly preserved. The fine old George King brick house is at the head of the street, tiffany house is perhaps the oldest in the town. The old Pardee brick house stands by the Stone Bridge, the Prindle house is a spacious gambrel roof dwelling on Gay St. near the charming lakelet which furnishes a natural reservoir for the village water supply. The picturesque old Gay House has the builders initials M. G.1765 on a stone in the gable, in the early days Sharon was a place of busy and varied industries. Iron was manufactured here as early as 1743, and continued an important industry up to fifty years ago, to the north of the village is Mudge Pond, or Crystal Lake, and beyond, Indian Mountain. At the western foot of the mountain, on the State line, lies Indian Pond, on the edge of this lake was an Indian village where the Moravians early established a mission that did great work among the Indians. To the Moravians it was known as Gnadensee, the Lake of Grace, from Sharon the route runs northward past Lake Wononpakook and Lake Wononskopomuc, the latter an Indian word meaning sparkling water. Between the lakes, as the road forks right, is situated the widely known Hotchkiss School, on the right, half a mile from Lakeville, is the residence of Hon. Wm. Travers Jerome, formerly District Attorney of New York City. Sharon has 6 sites listed on the U. S. National Register of Historic Places, Ebenezer Gay House, Main St. Sharon Gov. Smith Homestead, South Main St. Sharon James Pardee House,129 N

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Somers, Connecticut
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Somers /ˈsʌmərz/ is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, USA. The population was 11,444 at the 2010 census, the town center is listed by the U. S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place. In 2007, Money Magazine named Somers, Connecticut 53rd on its list of 100 Best Places to Live, based on economic opportunity, good schools, safe streets, things to do, bordering Massachusetts, Somers is considered part of the City of Springfield, Massachusetts NECTA. Somers is only 9 miles from the City of Springfield, Massachusetts, Somers was originally part of the Agawam Plantation in the 17th century. Agawam Plantation became Springfield, Massachusetts in 1641 and in 1682, in 1706, the first settler came to Somers in what was then East Enfield. In the year 1734, Somers became a town and was named after John Somers, in the year 1749, Somers joined the Connecticut Colony. The Four Town Fair which is held after the third weekend in September is one of the oldest fairs in the Country. Somers is located at 41°59′N 72°27′W, according to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 28.5 square miles, of which,28.3 square miles of it is land and 0.1 square miles of it is water. The town center CDP has an area of 2.1 square miles. The towns highest point, Bald Mountain, at 1,121 feet is the highest point along the Connecticut River Valley in Connecticut, the rounded hill summit was recently purchased by the town and can be seen for many miles around. The population density was 367.6 people per square mile, there were 3,012 housing units at an average density of 106.3 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 82. 97% White,9. 82% African American,0. 55% Native American,0. 62% Asian,0. 06% Pacific Islander,4. 00% from other races, and 1. 98% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8. 10% of the population,16. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the family size was 3.11. In the town, the population was out with 20. 8% under the age of 18,9. 4% from 18 to 24,35. 6% from 25 to 44,24. 0% from 45 to 64. The median age was 37 years, for every 100 females there were 154.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 171.0 males, the median income for a household in the town was $65,273, and the median income for a family was $71,757. Males had an income of $49,766 versus $35,329 for females

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Southbury, Connecticut
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Southbury is a town in western New Haven County, Connecticut, USA. Southbury is north of Oxford and Newtown, and east of Brookfield and its population was 19,904 at the 2010 census. Southbury comprises rural areas, suburban neighborhoods, and historic districts. It is a distance from major business and commercial centers, and is within 80 miles of New York City and 40 miles of Hartford. Southbury is the community in the country with the name Southbury. The town of Southbury was one of several towns formed out of a parcel of land purchased from the Paugussett Indians in 1659, Southbury was originally part of Woodbury, which was settled in 1673. A meetinghouse for the Southbury Ecclesiastical Society was built in 1733, although incorporated as part of Litchfield County, Southbury has been in New Haven County for most of its existence. In the 1800s, water power became essential to the growth of Southburys industries, which included mills, tanneries, the power for these industries came primarily from the Pomperaug River and the Housatonic River. As the industrial revolution progressed, many of businesses left for Waterbury. In the 1920s, Russian expatriates Count Ilya Tolstoy and George Grebentschikoff founded a colony at one end of Main Street. At its peak, Churaevka had a press used by Russian and Ukrainian scholars. Visitors to the colony included the composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, most of its immigrant population is now gone, however, St. Sergius Chapel, designed by Nicholas Roerich and built in 1932-1933, remains. Churaevka is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, in November 1937 residents of the farming outpost got word that a man by the name of Wolfgang Jung had purchased 178 acres in the town. Its leader, Fritz Kuhn, was considered the leading anti-Semite in the country, word soon got out that they were in fact planning to build their largest training facility in the country. Residents objected by calling a meeting and set up a zoning department with one simple rule. The law was adopted December 14 and the Bund stopped work, in 2012 a documentary was created entitled Home of the Brave, When Southbury Said No to the Nazi s Southbury was a rural farming town for most of its history. However, with the development of the Interstate Highway System, that changed, with the opening of Interstate 84 through Southbury by 1963, the town gained easy access to New York and Hartford, also improving its access to Danbury and Waterbury. Heritage Village opened in 1967, on a 1, 000-acre site, in 1987, IBM built an extensive office and research building in Southbury, employing over 2,500 workers

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Sprague, Connecticut
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Sprague is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The town was named after William Sprague, who laid out the industrial section, the population was 2,984 at the 2010 census. Sprague is composed of three villages, Baltic, Hanover, and Versailles. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 13.8 square miles, of which 13.2 square miles is land and 0.6 square miles. Baltic Hanover Versailles The town hall is located in Baltic and was constructed in the 1950s, as of the census of 2000, there were 2,971 people,1,111 households, and 797 families residing in the town. The population density was 224.8 people per square mile, there were 1,164 housing units at an average density of 88.1 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 95. 42% White,0. 71% African American,0. 64% Native American,1. 35% Asian,0. 07% Pacific Islander,0. 37% from other races, and 1. 45% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 11% of the population,21. 2% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the family size was 3.04. In the town, the population was out with 26. 0% under the age of 18,6. 6% from 18 to 24,32. 3% from 25 to 44,23. 4% from 45 to 64. The median age was 37 years, for every 100 females there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.2 males, the median income for a household in the town was $43,125, and the median income for a family was $57,500. Males had an income of $40,808 versus $28,616 for females. The per capita income for the town was $20,796, about 2. 2% of families and 6. 4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5. 1% of those under age 18 and 17. 8% of those age 65 or over. The previous industry in town was the Baltic Textile Mill, which burned down in 1999, Sprague is quickly becoming a destination for eco-tourism, having held their first RiverFest, a celebration of the local Shetucket River. The river and festival attract kayakers, canoe enthusiasts, tubers, a companion festival, the Three Villages Festival, is held each year in October in Baltic, on the public ball field and surrounding area. Leo Connellan, poet laureate of Connecticut, lived his later years, charles S. Whitman, judge and the 41st Governor of New York, born in town

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Stafford, Connecticut
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Stafford is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States, settled in 1719. The population was 12,192 at the 2010 census, the Colonial Town of Stafford began as a rural agricultural community in the eastern part of Hartford County. It became part of Tolland County upon the formation on 13 October 1785. The easy availability of power from the tributaries of the Willimantic River led to industrialization. During the Civil War, factories in Stafford made cannonballs and other war supplies for the northern forces, Stafford Springs is located at the intersection of Routes 190 and 32, in the northeastern region of the state. While the town has managed to maintain its New England mill-town charm and culture, many residents drive into Hartford, Manchester, and Enfield, Connecticut, as well as Springfield, Massachusetts, all of which can be reached in about a 30-mile auto commute. It is also about a half-hour drive to the University of Connecticuts main campus in Storrs, the highest point in town is the western slope of Burley Hill at 1,300. As of 2011, there were 12,192 people,4,819 households, the population density was 210.2 people per square mile. There are 4,956 housing units at a density of 85.4 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 95. 51% White,0. 69% African American,0. 16% Native American,1. 10% Asian, hispanic or Latino of any race were 3. 04% of the population. 23. 4% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.04. Most of the population is located in 7 villages with nearly half in Stafford Springs. The rest of the town, particularly the northern 1/3, is rural and forested. The age population is spread out with 23% under the age of 18, 14% from 18 to 24, 30% from 25 to 49, 21% from 50 to 64. The median age was 40 years, for every 100 females there are 89.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 87.4 males, the median income for a household in the town was $65,744, and the median income for a family was $61,694. Males had an income of $42,157 versus $29,896 for females. The per capita income for the town was $22,017, about 4. 3% of families and 5. 5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7. 8% of those under the age of 18 and 7. 4% of those 65 and older

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Stratford, Connecticut
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Stratford is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is situated on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Housatonic River, Stratford is in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was founded by Puritans in 1639, the population was 51,384 as of the 2010 census. It has a legacy in aviation, the military. Stratford is bordered on the west by Bridgeport, to the north by Trumbull and Shelton, in 1640 the community was known as Cupheag Plantation. By April 13,1643, the town was known as Stratford. By the late 17th century, the Connecticut government had assumed control over Stratford. Despite its Puritan origins, Stratford was the site of the first Anglican church in Connecticut, founded in 1707, other towns such as Cambria, New York were founded or expanded around new churches by Stratford descendants taking part in the westward migration. U. S. President Gerald Ford was a descendant of one of the Stratford founding families, Stratford was one of the two principal settlements in southwestern Connecticut, the other being Fairfield. Over time it gave rise to new towns that broke off. The following towns were created from parts of Stratford, Shelton in 1789. In 1789 Ripton Parish separated from Stratford and became the Town of Huntington.9 square miles, of which 17.6 square miles is land and 2.3 square miles, or 11. 52%, is water. Stratford has an elevation of zero feet above sea level along its coastline, with a maximum altitude of 295 feet near its northern border. The town contains five islands, all in the Housatonic River and these are Carting Island, Long Island, Peacock Island, and Popes Flat north of Interstate 95, as well as Goose Island. None of these islands are habitable because of their low elevations, a sixth island known as Brinsmade Island washed away prior to 1964. Town beach stickers are free for residents and $100/season for non-residents with daily rates available, Long Beach – Approximately 1.5 miles long, the eastern end of the beach is open to the public and has parking and lifeguards. The central part of the beach is a nature preserve whose land is set aside for wildlife, particularly nesting seabirds, such as kestrels and ospreys. The western end of the beach was once the site of about 40 cottages, the cottages were demolished in fall 2010

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Thomaston, Connecticut
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Thomaston is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 7,503 at the 2000 census, the town, originally part of Plymouth, Connecticut, and referred to as Plymouth Hollow was first settled by Henry Cook around 1728. The town is known for clockmaking, which started in 1803, Terry brought mass production to the clockmaking industry, helping to reduce the cost of clocks. He introduced and patented the clock in 1814, which reduced the cost of a clock from $25 to $5. His clocks were sold throughout the US and it was incorporated in its own right and under the name Thomaston in 1875. The name derives from Seth Thomas, the clockmaker, who established a factory in town in 1812. The Seth Thomas clock factory building still exists, however, the industry has long since left the state as well as the country. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a size of 12.2 square miles. 12.0 square miles of it is land and 0.2 square miles of it is water. The town is located at the confluence of the Naugatuck River, Northfield Brook and Black Rock Brook and these were all constructed in the years immediately following the devastating flood of 1955 which ravaged the town as well as the state in general. The population density was 624.7 people per square mile, there were 3,014 housing units at an average density of 251.0 per square mile. 24. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 9. 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.07. In the town, the population was out with 25. 3% under the age of 18,6. 2% from 18 to 24,33. 2% from 25 to 44,23. 2% from 45 to 64. The median age was 38 years, for every 100 females there were 97.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.8 males, the median income for a household in the town was $54,297, and the median income for a family was $63,682. Males had an income of $40,795 versus $31,744 for females. The per capita income for the town was $24,799,4. 2% of the population and 3. 3% of families were below the poverty line. Of the total population,5. 8% of those under the age of 18 and 4. 5% of those 65, the Route 8 expressway runs along the Naugatuck River in the eastern part of town and has three exits in Thomaston

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Thompson, Connecticut
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Thompson is a rural town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The town was named after Sir Robert Thompson, an English landholder, the population was 9,458 at the 2010 census. Thompson has the race track in New England. This speedway holds one of the biggest race programs in New England, The World Series of Auto Racing, another claim to fame is that the Tri-State Marker is located just on the border of Thompson. The term Swamp Yankee is thought to have originated in Thompson during the American Revolution in 1776, Thompson was the site of the Great East Thompson Train Wreck in 1891, one of the worst train wrecks in American history and the only one to involve four trains. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 48.7 square miles, of which 46.9 square miles is land and 1.7 square miles. Thompson possesses many small ponds, such as Little Pond and Long Pond, contained within its borders are several moderately sized rivers, including the French River, a tributary of the Quinebaug River, which also runs through Thompson. One of the highest points in Thompson and the villages is Fort Hill at 649 feet above sea level. A minor point of geological interest is the Wilsonville Fault, created during the breakup of Pangaea nearly 200 million years ago. West Thompson Wilsonville As of the census of 2010, there were 9,458 people,3,730 households, the population density was 201.7 people per square mile. There were 4,171 housing units at a density of 88.9 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 95. 6% White,0. 6% African American,0. 4% Native American,0. 7% Asian,0. 04% Pacific Islander,0. 6% from other races, and 1. 7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 8% of the population,24. 5% of all households were made up of individuals and 11. 2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the family size was 2.98. In the town, the population was out with 21. 8% under the age of 18,7. 2% from 18 to 24,24. 5% from 25 to 44,31. 9% from 45 to 64. The median age was 43 years, for every 100 females there were 99.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.2 males, the median income for a household in the town was $63,385, and the median income for a family was $75,652. Males had an income of $52,716 versus $39,362 for females

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Location in Windham County and the state of Connecticut.
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The CT-RI-MA Tri-State marker located in Thompson
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Trumbull, Connecticut
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Trumbull is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut bordered by the towns of Monroe, Shelton, Stratford, Bridgeport, Fairfield and Easton. The population was 36,018 according to the 2010 census, the northwest farmers of Stratford petitioned the Colony of Connecticut in 1725 to establish their own separate village apart from Stratford. The farmers wished to call their village Nickols Farms, after the family owned a large farm in its center. Unity merged with the village of Long Hill in 1744 to form the Society of North Stratford, after ten years of unsuccessful petitions, the Connecticut General Assembly granted complete town rights to Trumbull in October 1797. The town was named for George Washingtons staunch supporter, Revolutionary War Governor, patriot, statesman and merchant, the river leaves Trumbull and continues into Beardsley Park in Bridgeport. Major bodies of water include Canoe Brook Lake, Pinewood Lake, Tashua Hills Golf Club Pond, minor bodies of water include Dogwood Lake, Frog Pond, Kaatz Pond, Kaechele Pond, Porters Pond, Secret Pond, Thrush Wood Lake and Unity Park Pond. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 23.5 square miles, of which 23.3 square miles is land and 0.2 square miles. According to the U. S. Geological Survey in 1986, the highest point is the top of Monitor Hill at 615 feet above sea level. According to the U. S. Geological Society, at 615 ft Monitor Hill in Trumbull is the highest coastal point on the east coast of the United States, marked with a plaque on Monitor Hill Road. Trumbull has 871.23 acres of park facilities, the 382-acre parcel cost $9,275,000 and is maintained by the Department of Environmental Protection. Route 8 runs through the southeast part of town, Route 8 is a freeway that leads to Waterbury and Interstate 84, continues into Massachusetts as Massachusetts Route 8 and finally terminates in Searsburg, Vermont. Nichols residents petitioned the legislature and won a bypass for Route 8 which was proposed to be built directly through the center of the historic village in the early 1900s. Route 15, the historic Merritt Parkway, runs north to New Haven, Route 15 was built through Nichols center displacing a home, the old Nichols Store and Trinity Episcopal Church in 1939. Route 25 runs north to south, merging with Route 8 at the Bridgeport line, Continuing north on Route 25, the freeway ends as it crosses Route 111 and continues as a surface road towards I-84 in Newtown leading to Danbury. Route 108, also known as Nichols Avenue and Huntington Turnpike and it terminates in Shelton at the intersection with Route 110. Route 108 can be reached via exit 52 from Route 15 or exit 8 from Route 8, Route 111, also known as Main Street, begins at the intersection of Route 15 at the North End of Bridgeport. In 1801, the road connecting Bridgeport to Newtown was called the Bridgeport, from 1826 to 1852, the road from Trumbull to Stevenson was chartered as a turnpike and called the Monroe and Zoar Bridge Turnpike. Route 111 terminates at Route 34 in Monroe, Route 127, also known as White Plains Road and Church Hill Road, runs through the town center from south to north from the East Side of Bridgeport

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Vernon, Connecticut
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Vernon is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 29,179 at the 2010 census, Vernon contains the smaller villages of Rockville, Talcottville and Dobsonville. Vernon was incorporated in October 1808, from Bolton, Vernon was named after George Washingtons Mount Vernon estate. Vernon contains the city of Rockville, incorporated in January 1889. The Town of Vernon and city of Rockville consolidated as a town on July 1,1965, Vernon also contains the smaller villages of Talcottville and Dobsonville. The New England Civil War Museum is located here, according to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 18.1 square miles, of which 17.7 square miles is land and 0.3 square miles is water. At the 2000 census, there were 28,063 people,12,269 households and 7,275 families residing in the town, the population density was 1,582.8 per square mile. There were 12,867 housing units at a density of 725.7 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 89. 95% White,3. 99% African American,0. 24% Native American,2. 65% Asian,0. 04% Pacific Islander,1. 22% from other races, and 1. 91% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3. 58% of the population, of all households 33. 0% were made up of individuals and 10. 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the family size was 2.90. 22. 1% of the population were under the age of 18,7. 7% from 18 to 24,32. 4% from 25 to 44,23. 9% from 45 to 64, the median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 91.6 males, for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.1 males. The median household income was $47,816 and the family income was $59,599. Males had an income of $43,620 compared with $31,515 for females. The per capita income for the town was $25,150, about 4. 1% of families and 5. 9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7. 9% of those under age 18 and 6. 1% of those age 65 or over. Joe Courtney, current U. S. congressman from Connecticuts 2nd congressional district, George L. Graziadio, Jr. business and property developer born in Vernon. Marie Herbst, politician and former mayor of Vernon, ross A. Hull, radio engineer, lived and died in Vernon

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Voluntown, Connecticut
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Voluntown is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 2,603 at the 2010 census, Voluntown was part of Windham County from 1726 to 1881. The town was named for the English volunteers in the 1675 Indian wars who stayed to fight, later land holders included Benedict Arnold, the Maj. General who later conspired unsuccessfully to turn over the plans of West Point, New York to the British, according to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 39.8 square miles. 38.9 square miles of it is land and 0.9 square miles of it is covered by surface water, as of the census of 2000, there were 2,528 people,952 households, and 702 families residing in the town. The population density was 65.0 people per square mile, there were 1,091 housing units at an average density of 28.0 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 96. 64% White,0. 55% African American,0. 99% Native American,0. 28% Asian,0. 40% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 19% of the population. 13. 2% were of English,12. 5% French Canadian,11. 5% Irish,9. 2% American,8. 9% French,8. 0% Polish,7. 6% Italian,7. 3% German and 5. 6% Finnish ancestry according to Census 2000. 19. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 6. 3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.05. In the town, the population was out with 26. 5% under the age of 18,5. 3% from 18 to 24,36. 9% from 25 to 44,21. 7% from 45 to 64. The median age was 36 years, for every 100 females there were 104.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.6 males, the median income for a household in the town was $56,802, and the median income for a family was $61,618. Males had an income of $42,647 versus $27,368 for females. The per capita income for the town was $23,707, about 3. 0% of families and 4. 9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4. 7% of those under age 18 and 10. 3% of those age 65 or over. There is only one school in the school district, Voluntown Elementary School offers grades pre-k through 8th and has offered full-day kindergarten since the 2008-2009 school year. The school also offers a program for three year-old children, in-town high school students are given the option of attending one of two public schools, Griswold High School or Norwich Free Academy. They are also given the choice of selecting a technical school, students can also attend Quinebaug Middle College at Q. V. C. C. in Danielson, CT, and Marine Science Magnet High School in Groton, CT. Town of Voluntown official website Voluntown Elementary School Pachaug State Forest

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Warren, Connecticut
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Warren is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,461 at the 2010 census, the town was named for Revolutionary War General Joseph Warren. On July 1,2006 businessman Joseph Cicio placed most of Warrens commercial district on eBay for $5,000,000. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 27.6 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,254 people,497 households, the population density was 47.7 people per square mile. There were 650 housing units at a density of 24.7 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 97. 93% White,0. 16% African American,0. 32% Native American,0. 80% Asian,0. 08% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 24% of the population. 21. 9% of all households were made up of individuals and 11. 1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.97. In the town, the age distribution of the population shows 22. 6% under the age of 18,5. 1% from 18 to 24,28. 3% from 25 to 44,29. 0% from 45 to 64, the median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 106.3 males, for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.1 males. The median income for a household in the town was $62,798, males had a median income of $50,469 versus $35,250 for females. The per capita income for the town was $36,801, about 2. 8% of families and 3. 3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6. 3% of those under age 18 and 2. 1% of those age 65 or over. Route 45 is the main highway while Route 341 is the main east-west highway in the town. Warren Congregational Church - built in 1818 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991, lorenzo Carter, the first settler of Ohio, was born in Warren. Warren is the birthplace of Charles Finney, director Miloš Forman lives in Warren with his wife, Martina Forman, an author. Morton Gottlieb, theatrical and film producer was a resident, painter Cleve Gray lived there until his death. Writer Francine du Plessix Gray resides there, writer Philip Roth maintains a house in Warren. Portrait artist Herbert Abrams lived in Warren, Warrens town website Warren Land Trust Northwest Connecticut Arts Council Northwest Connecticut Convention and Visitors Bureau

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Waterford, Connecticut
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Waterford is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. It is named after Waterford, Ireland, the population was 19,517 at the 2010 census. The town center is listed as a place and had a population of 2,887 at the 2010 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 44.6 square miles, of which 32.8 square miles is land and 11.8 square miles. The town center CDP has an area of 1.9 square miles. Waterford is bordered on the west by the Niantic River, the first people emigrated from England in 1637, and came to the New London and Waterford area. One of the first people who set sail for this area was John Winthrop, the residents of Waterford resided in wigwams until they dug up plots for 38 houses near the Great Neck area. John Winthrop was given several hundred acres of land, including Millstone Point, various dams, mills, and ponds were constructed in these area. The only expansion of people in the Waterford-New London area were the growth of families, later on, more people immigrated to Waterford, including the Welsh, Italian, Russian, Irish, and Scottish. Waterford finally disbanded from New London on October 8,1801 and this happened after several farmers decided to hold a petition to separate them. The first town meeting was held in November,1801 to appoint town officials, tax collectors, town surveyors, Fence Viewers, only the first selectman got paid at the time. Waterford in the 19th century was an agricultural town, having mostly sheep farms. Waterford was also known for its granite industry that lasted from the late 19th century to the 1930s. Graniteville, a district in Waterford, is named after this industry, although not part of Graniteville, the area today known as Crystal Mall was also home to granite quarries. Waterfords granite was used in construction projects such as roads, the foundation for Fort Sumter. Granite though was replaced by concrete which slowly shrunk the granite industry until the 1930s, during the 20th century, sheep farms were replaced by dairy farms. Between 1920 and 1960, there were about 100 dairy farms in Waterford, in addition, there were 10 to 100 heads of cattle. Waterford also obtained its town seal in 1946 and it was made by Martin Branner who was a cartoonist who also made the famous comic, Winnie Winkle

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Watertown, Connecticut
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Watertown is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 22,514 at the 2010 census, the zip code for Watertown is 06795. It is a suburb of Waterbury and it borders the towns of Woodbury, Middlebury, Litchfield, Plymouth, Bethlehem, and Thomaston. More than 310 years ago the area that is now Watertown belonged to the local Paugasuck Indians, but in 1684, Thomas Judd and 35 other proprietors bought the land from the Indians and town history began. It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 29.6 square miles. Watertown also includes the known as Oakville, which is often mistaken for a separate town. Although Oakville has its own post office and ZIP code, it not have a charter or town government of its own. Oakville also receives all of its city services from Watertown, as of the census of 2000, there were 21,661 people,8,046 households, and 5,994 families residing in the town. The population density was 743.0 people per square mile, there were 8,298 housing units at an average density of 284.6 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 96. 46% White,0. 75% African American,0. 12% Native American,1. 27% Asian,0. 05% Pacific Islander,0. 48% from other races, and 0. 87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 87% of the population,21. 7% of all households were made up of individuals and 9. 4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the family size was 3.13. In the town, the population was out with 24. 8% under the age of 18,6. 3% from 18 to 24,29. 9% from 25 to 44,24. 9% from 45 to 64. The median age was 39 years, for every 100 females there were 92.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males, the median income for a household in the town was $59,420, and the median income for a family was $68,761. Males had an income of $47,097 versus $31,822 for females. The per capita income for the town was $26,044, about 1. 1% of families and 2. 2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0. 8% of those under age 18 and 3. 7% of those age 65 or over

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Westport, Connecticut
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Westport is a coastal town of colonial origin located along Long Island Sound in Fairfield County, Connecticut,47 miles northeast of New York City in the United States. The town had a population of 26,391 according to the 2010 U. S. Census, the earliest known inhabitants of the Westport area as identified through archaeological finds date back 7,500 years. Records from the first white settlers report the Pequot Indians living in the area which they called Machamux translated by the colonialists as beautiful land, settlement by colonialists dates back to the five Bankside Farmers, whose families grew and prospered into a community that continued expanding. The community had its own society, supported by independent civil and religious elements. The settlers arrived in 1693, having followed cattle to the area known to the Pequot as the beautiful land. Minutemen from Westport and the surrounding areas crouched hiding whilst Tryons troops passed, a statue on Compo beach commemorates this plan of attack with a crouching Minuteman facing away from the beach, looking onto what would have been the rear of the troops. The Town of Westport was officially incorporated on May 28,1835, with lands from Fairfield, Weston, daniel Nash led 130 people of Westport in the petitioning of the Town of Fairfield for Westport’s incorporation. The driving force behind the petition was to assist their seaport’s economic viability that was being undermined by neighboring towns’ seaports, for several decades after that, Westport was a prosperous agricultural community distinguishing itself as the leading onion-growing center in the U. S. Blight caused the collapse of Westports onion industry leading to the mills, agriculture was Westport’s first major industry. By the 19th century, Westport had become a center in part to transport onions to market. Starting around 1910 the town experienced a cultural expansion, during this period artists, musicians, and authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald moved to Westport to be free from the commuting demands experienced by business people. The roots of Westport’s reputation as a center can be traced back to this period during which it was known as a creative heaven. Westport changed from a community of farmers to a suburban development, in the 1950s through to the 1970s, New Yorkers relocating from the city to the suburbs discovered Westports culture of artists, musicians and authors. The population grew rapidly, assisted by the ease of commuting to New York City and back again to rolling hills, by this time Westport had chic New York-type fashion shopping and a school system with a good reputation, both factors contributing to the growth. By the 21st century, Westport had developed into a center for finance and insurance, according to the United States Census Bureau, Westport has a total area of 33.3 square miles. 20.0 square miles or 60. 02% of it is land and 13.3 square miles or 39. 98% is water. Westport is bordered by Norwalk on the west, Weston to the north, Wilton to the northwest, Fairfield to the east, both the train station and a total of 26 percent of town residents live within the 100-year floodplain. Saugatuck – around the Westport railroad station near the corner of the town – a built-up area with some restaurants

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Wethersfield, Connecticut
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Wethersfield is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, USA, immediately south of Hartford along the Connecticut River. Many records from colonial times spell the name Weathersfield, while Native Americans called it Pyquag, the towns motto is Ye Most Auncient Towne in Connecticut, and its population was 26,668 in the 2010 census. The town is served by Interstate 91. The neighborhood known as Old Wethersfield is the states largest historic district, along with Windsor and Hartford, Wethersfield is represented by one of the three grapevines on the Flag of Connecticut, signifying the states three oldest European settlements. The town took its name from Wethersfield, a village in the English county of Essex, during the Pequot War, on April 23,1637, Wongunk chief Sequin attacked Wethersfield with Pequot help. They killed six men and three women, a number of cattle and horses, and took two young girls captive and they were daughters of Abraham Swain or William Swaine and were later ransomed by Dutch traders. Four witch trials and three executions for witchcraft occurred in the town in the 17th century, mary Johnson was convicted of witchcraft and executed in 1648, Joan and John Carrington in 1651. Landowner Katherine Harrison was convicted, and although her conviction was reversed, she was banished, silas Deane, commissioner to France during the American Revolutionary War, lived in the town. His house is now part of the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum, Wethersfield was for a century at least, the centre of the onion trade in New England, during the late 1700s and early to middle 1800s. Outsiders dubbed the Connecticut village Oniontown, with a crosshatch of affection and derision, in addition, the town was home to William G. Comstock, a well-known 19th century gardening expert and author of the eras most prominent gardening book, Order of Spring Work. Other nationally prominent seed companies in and around the town are the offspring of this agricultural past, a meteorite fell on Wethersfield on November 8,1982. It was the meteorite to fall in the town in the span of 11 years. The 1971 meteorite was sold to the Smithsonian, and the 1982 meteorite was taken up as part of a collection at the Yale Peabody Museum, Wethersfield is located at 41°4243 North, 72°3948 West. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 13.1 square miles, of which 12.3 square miles is land and 0.81 square miles. Wethersfield is bordered by Hartford on the north, Rocky Hill on the south, Newington on the west, as of the 2000 census, there were 26,268 people,11,214 households, and 7,412 families residing in the town. The population density was 2,119.9 people per square mile, there were 11,454 housing units at an average density of 924.3 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 93. 19% White,2. 09% Black or African American,0. 08% Native American,1. 58% Asian,0. 02% Pacific Islander,1. 82% from other races, and 1. 22% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4. 19% of the population,30. 2% of all households were made up of individuals and 15. 9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older

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Wilton, Connecticut
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Wilton is a town in Fairfield County in southwestern Connecticut in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,062. Residents commonly commute to New York City, Stamford, and Norwalk, Wilton was rated one of CNNs top 25 towns to live, boasting an average household income of over $310,000 per family. Many Fortune 1000 companies are headquartered within a 30-minute train or car commute, AIG Financial Products was headquartered in the town. Its trading in credit derivatives essentially bankrupted its parent company, AIG, during the Revolutionary War in 1777, the British used Wilton as an escape route after their successful raid on Danbury. Several homes were burned, but the town remained intact, in 1802, Wilton was granted a Town Charter by the Connecticut General Assembly and became a political entity independent from Norwalk. With a strong anti-slavery sentiment by its residents, Wilton served as a stop on the Underground Railroad, Wilton was classified as a dry town until 1993, when the local ordinance was altered to permit the sale of alcoholic beverages in restaurants. The town was referred to as damp. On November 5,2009, a proposal was passed to allow liquor stores. The town Board enacted an ordinance to allow liquor stores to sell alcoholic beverages in 2010, Wilton is bordered by Ridgefield to the Northwest, Norwalk to the South, New Canaan to the Southwest, Westport to the Southeast, and Weston and Redding to the Northeast. It is also bordered on the west by the hamlet of Vista in Lewisboro, Westchester County, the scenic Ridgefield Road offers a look at many historic homes, places, and sights. The latitude of Wilton is 41.201 N, the longitude is -73.438 W. Wilton has, by some estimates, more than 500 restored 18th- and 19th-century homes, although some old houses have been demolished. What thats doing is changing the affordability of the town and the demographic of the town, Wilton used to have a wide demographic of people who worked with their hands - artisans, builders, mechanics. Now its management and upper management, between 1999 and 2005, the towns voters endorsed spending $23 million through municipal bonds to preserve land. South Norwalk Electric and Water has a reservoir on the side of town with about 350 acres of land. In the fall, hunters with bows and arrows—no more than 10 at a time—are allowed to hunt deer on the Wilton property in order to keep down the number of deer in the area. Wiltons town center contains several restaurants, boutiques, retail stores, a Starbucks, a Stop & Shop. These stores were added around 2000 next to the old Wilton Center, which consists of the Wilton Library, the Wilton Post Office, a CVS/Pharmacy, the Old Post Office Square, in the southern part of town, US7 contains a commercial section

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Winchester, Connecticut
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Winchester is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 11,242 at the 2010 census, the Incorporated City of Winsted is located in Winchester. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 33.8 square miles. Winchester Center Winsted As of the census of 2000, there were 10,664 people,4,371 households, the population density was 330.4 people per square mile. There were 4,922 housing units at a density of 152.5 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 94. 44% White,1. 24% African American,0. 23% Native American,0. 93% Asian,0. 01% Pacific Islander,1. 69% from other races, and 1. 46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3. 17% of the population,28. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 11. 9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the family size was 2.97. In the town, the population was out with 23. 3% under the age of 18,7. 1% from 18 to 24,29. 4% from 25 to 44,25. 0% from 45 to 64. The median age was 40 years, for every 100 females there were 94.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.5 males, the median income for a household in the town was $46,671, and the median income for a family was $57,866. Males had an income of $41,076 versus $28,058 for females. The per capita income for the town was $22,589, about 4. 3% of families and 6. 7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9. 9% of those under age 18 and 7. 4% of those age 65 or over. The town is served by buses of the Northwestern Connecticut Transit District, the city of Winsted is located at the junction of Route 8 and Route 44. Route 263 serves as the connection between Winchester Center and Winsted. Phineas Miner, a United States Representative from Connecticut, was born in Winchester

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Windham, Connecticut
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Windham is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. It contains the borough of Willimantic as well as the villages of Windham Center, North Windham, Willimantic, an incorporated city since 1893, was consolidated with the town in 1983. The population was 25,268 at the 2010 census, the town of Windham was incorporated on May 12,1692. Mohican Sachem Chief Joshua willed the land to sixteen men, most of whom resided in Norwich, the land called Windham consisted of what is now the towns of Windham, Mansfield, Scotland, Chaplin, and Hampton. The town was named after Wyndham, England, on December 4,1700, Windham’s first Minister, Reverend Samuel Whiting, was ordained. The church was a Congregational Church, stemming from the Puritans, the first church building was erected shortly after on the Windham Green. Early settlers were farmers who grew such as wheat, rye, corn, barley, flax. Early industry in Windham consisted of sawmills, gristmills, and blacksmith’s shops taking advantage of the power from streams. In 1823 Windham, along with Lebanon, Columbia, Chaplin, Tolland County, the last county formed in Connecticut, had just been formed a few years earlier, taking towns away from Hartford and Windham counties. The town of Windham was no longer the center of Windham County, the courts and other government offices had been moved to Brooklyn which was more centralized and easier to travel to. All transportation was difficult due to the quality of the roads. The General Assembly denied the petition, one year later, Lebanon petitioned the General Assembly to be returned to New London County, which they had originally been part of before the creation of Windham County. The General Assembly granted their petition and that same year, Mansfield and Columbia petitioned the General Assembly to join Tolland County. The General Assembly denied both petitions, Mansfield tried again in 1826, and Columbia tried again in 1827. This time the General Assembly granted both towns their petitions, the town of Windham is made up of four parts, North Windham, Windham Center, South Windham, and Willimantic. As with many towns with abundant river water-power, mills are a large part of the history of the town. The mills sprang up around the Willimantic River in the borough of Willimantic, North and South Windham had limited industry. The populated area of the town in the period was Windham Center

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Windsor, Connecticut
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Windsor is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, and was the first English settlement in the state. It lies on the border of Connecticuts capital, Hartford. The population of Windsor was 29,044 at the 2010 census, Poquonock /pəˈkwɒnək/ is a northern area of Windsor that has its own zip code for post-office box purposes. Other unincorporated areas in Windsor include Rainbow and Hayden Station in the north, the coastal areas and riverways were traditional areas of settlement by various cultures of indigenous peoples, who had been in the region for thousands of years. They relied on the rivers for fishing, water and transportation, before European contact, the historic Pequot and Mohegan tribes had been one Algonquian-speaking people. After they separated, they became competitors and traditional enemies in the Connecticut region, during the first part of the 17th century, the Pequot and Mohegan nations had been at war. The Podunk were forced to pay tribute to the more powerful Pequot, eventually, the Podunk invited a small party of settlers from Plymouth, Massachusetts, to settle as a mediating force between the other tribes. In exchange they granted them a plot of land at the confluence of the Farmington River, after Edward Winslow came from Plymouth to inspect the land, William Holmes led a small party, arriving at the site on September 26,1633, where they founded a trading post. Native Americans referred to the area as Matianuck, in 1634, a party of around 30 people, sponsored by Sir Richard Saltonstall, and led by the Stiles brothers, Francis, John and Henry, settled in the Windsor area. Governor John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Company acknowledged in a letter to Saltonstall that the Stiles party was the group to settle Connecticut. In 1635,60 or more people, led by the Reverends John Maverick and John Warham, arrived, having trekked overland from Dorchester and they had arrived in the New World five years earlier on the ship Mary and John from Plymouth, England, and settled in Dorchester. Reverend Warham promptly renamed the Connecticut settlement Dorchester, during the next few years, more settlers arrived from Dorchester, outnumbering and soon displacing the original Plymouth contingent, who mostly returned to Plymouth. In 1637, the colonys General Court changed the name of the settlement from Dorchester to Windsor, named after the town of Windsor, Berkshire, on the River Thames in England. Several towns that border Windsor were once entirely or partially part of Windsor, including Windsor Locks, South Windsor, East Windsor, Ellington, the first highway in the Connecticut Colony opened in 1638 between Windsor and Hartford. In 1648, an event took place that would change the boundaries of the Connecticut River Valley. During a grain famine, the founder of Springfield, William Pynchon, was given authority by Windsor, First, the natives refused to sell grain at the usual market price, and then refused to sell it at a reasonable price. Pynchon refused to buy it, attempting to teach the natives a peaceful lesson about integrity and reliability, Windsors cattle were starving, however, and the citizens of Hartford were furious. The natives capitulated and ultimately sold their grain, after negotiating the trade, Mason refused to share the grain with Springfield, and, to add further insult, insisted that Springfield pay a tax when sailing ships passed Windsor

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Woodbridge, Connecticut
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Woodbridge is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 8,990 at the 2010 census and it is one of the wealthiest towns in Connecticut, ranking 8th in the state per the 2010 US Census in terms of per capita income, and is home to many of the faculty of Yale University. The town center is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Woodbridge Green Historic District, Woodbridge was originally called Amity, having been carved out of land originally belonging to New Haven and Milford as an independent parish in 1739. In 1742, the Rev. Benjamin Woodbridge was ordained in Amity, in 1661, the town was the location of one of the hideouts of the Regicides — three of the judges who signed the death warrant for King Charles I of England. The ruins of their hideout can be found on the nearby West Rock ridge, Thomas Darling, a tutor at Yale College and later an entrepreneur in New Haven, moved to town in 1774. His home is now the Darling House Museum, operated by the Amity & Woodbridge Historical Association, the original farms of Woodbridge were located in the area of the West River Valley known as The Flats. In the modern era, Woodbridge has undergone significant suburbanization, Woodbridge is governed by a 6-member Board of Selectmen. In April 2006, Edward Maum Sheehy became First Selectman, Sheehy served on the Board of Selectmen for 27 years as a regular selectman. Before becoming First Selectwoman in 2001, Marella was an attorney with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Edward Sheehy was reelected in May 2009 to another two-year term. On April 22,2013, Sheehy died suddenly at the age of 73 while still holding the selectmans office and he was actively seeking re-election in May. He was laid to rest on April 27,2013 and it is run by a principal, Gina Prisco, and assistant principal Lisa Sherman. As part of the Amity school system, Woodbridge shares a school with the town of Bethany. Woodbridge also shares the Amity Regional High School with the towns of Bethany. The high school is located in Woodbridges town center area and it has recently undergone extensive renovations in order to accommodate the extra ninth grade coming in from all three towns. Woodbridge is home to Ezra Academy, a Jewish day school once attended by Natalie Portman, Ezra Academy is a regional Jewish day school whose students reside in 21 towns throughout New Haven and Fairfield counties. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 19.2 square miles. The total area is 2. 03% water, neighboring towns are Bethany to the north, Hamden to the east, New Haven to the southeast, Orange to the south, and Derby, Ansonia, and Seymour to the west. Woodbridge is home to several organizations that protect undeveloped land and historic sites, including the Woodbridge Land Trust, the town has an extensive system of preserved hiking trails open to the public, notably the 93-acre Alice Newton Street Memorial Park and the 22-acre Wepawaug Falls area

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Woodbury, Connecticut
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Woodbury is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 9,975 at the 2010 census, the town center is also designated by the U. S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place. The center of Woodbury is distinctive because, unlike many New England towns, in Woodbury, the older buildings are arrayed in linear fashion along both sides of a road that stretches for over a mile. The most notable of the buildings is the Masonic Temple. It is a modest, clapboard, Greek Revival temple, notable less for its architecture than for its dramatic location and it is visible from a distance and is especially dramatic at night, when it is illuminated by spotlights. The Woodbury Temple echoes the many temples of the Greek world that were perched at the edge of high places from which they could be seen from miles around, originally, the many historic houses on the street were residential. In the late twentieth century they were occupied by a series of antique shops, Woodbury is one of the two towns in Litchfield County, along with Bethlehem, served by the area code 203/area code 475 overlay. The Town of Woodbury is regularly mentioned on the television show Gilmore Girls. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 36.7 square miles. The CDP has an area of 1.9 square miles. Woodbury lies in the Pomperaug River Valley, a tributary of the Housatonic River, the Pomperaug River is formed in Woodbury by the confluence of the Nonnewaug River and the Weekeepeemee River. Hotchkissville Minortown Neufa North Woodbury Pomperaug Woodbury Center The founders of ancient Woodbury came from Stratford in the early 1670s, ancient Woodbury consisted of the present towns of Woodbury, Southbury, Roxbury, Bethlehem, most of Washington and parts of Middlebury and Oxford. Two groups of settlers came from Stratford, one, a group of religious dissidents unhappy with the church in Stratford, was led by Woodbury’s first minister, Reverend Zachariah Walker. The second group, led by Deacon Samuel Sherman, had given approval by the general court to purchase land from local Native Americans in order establish a new settlement. The two groups, consisting of fifteen families, arrived in ancient Woodbury, known as “Pomperaug Plantation, in 1673 these original settlers drew up an agreement called the “Fundamental Articles, ” which proclaimed that as many settlers as could be accommodated would be welcomed to the new settlement. The Fundamental Articles stated that expenses of establishing the settlement would be shared by its inhabitants, other sections of the articles provided for common land, and for land saved to be divided up for future inhabitants of the settlement. Signers of the Fundamental Articles, The settlement was named Woodbury, Deacon and captain John Minor was the first leader of the community during Woodbury’s early years. Minor was the first town clerk and along with Lieutenant Joseph Judson served as the first deputy to the Connecticut General Court from the town of Woodbury, on October 9,1751, the town of Woodbury was transferred from Fairfield County at the formation of Litchfield County